Quote Originally Posted by MN_14 View Post
Specialist abilities are largely useful only if you’re lacking somewhere
Actually, they are not. There is literally no reason to rely on them over simply leveling your remaining crafts to 50 due to the ridiculously RNG restrictions. Innovative Touch is the one exception. Everything else depends so heavily on RNG, you'll lose far more mats then it'll be worth. Specialist abilities were intended to help people who don't want to level additional jobs. They don't. It'll cost you less to buy a levekit compared to all the materials you'll lose or fail to HQ.