@ Ethir: Well this game is not about leveling only. I play in parties to learn my role in addition to being fun. If you don't get used to party play, you will have a hard time with the content that is meant to be enjoyed when you are level 50. Parties may be fast, but they also teach you how to play your class in a group. I do not like powerlevelers though; when I say I joined parties, I mean full 8 man teams where everyone has tasks and needs to work as a team in order to get things done. This is what MMO's are about imo.

I do enjoy this game, please don't misunderstand me. I do plenty of solo activities as well in order to level up, like leves and quests I prefer to do solo or duo, and they are enjoyable. I play a little of everything myself too .

With that said, I realize that this does not translate to crafting, which are strictly a solo activity. The rewards and boons of having a crafting job, as well as leveling it are entirely different and need to be looked at seperately as such.

With crafting I wanted to get weaver and carpenter to 50 as fast as I could initially. Then I started to realize how dull, tedious and time consuming seriously leveling a crafting job really is. I now just intend to finish weaver first, then go back to other crafts. As for company manuals, I know what they do, but the expenditure of seals is far too great to use them without end. I know there are ways to get a lot of seals, but the only repeatable ways for the long term are not a time efficient way to craft. 1hr nets 80-140ish seals or so, resulting in a couple of hours to get enough for a manual for an extra bonus totalling around 14k exp; in 2hrs of just crafting I can get 30k exp at least, so my time is better spent crafting.

My problem is that working a full time job, I have a very finite amount of time that I can play. I love the game, and like to do a little bit of everything, soloing and partying, why limit myself to just one?