ARR > SB leveling

[Hecky]

Heya.
I got all my crafters to 50 in ARR but have since been away from the game a few years. I been back for a while now and are starting to get the hang of HW crafting. But i have a few questions. First off, is it worth the cost and effort to get script gear, or will this soon be replaced once starting on SB content and crafts? Also from what i gather you can choose 3 crafts to specialise in. What 3 crafts would be recommanded? Im guessing you still benefit from this at 70? I am thinking about taking CUL. Also alchemy might be good, but that and leather and weaver is really painfull with all the drop mats. Which brings me to my last question! I have 2 retainers now, can you have more then that?

[Ziggyzapps]

SB left side armor pieces start at level 61, primary weapon starts at 62, and jewelry starts at 63. You don't really need to bother with script gear, you could level the classes crafting base mats for future crafts and gc turn ins. If you have some red scripts it's probably better to stock up on commercial engineering manuals for the 300,000 bonus exp while you craft base mats. I know it sucks doing base mats but its exp and you will want them eventually anyway. Alch and cul don't have a lot very expensive crafts so failing on one of those recipes usually isn't that big a deal, weaver and leather crafts are often expensive so specializing in those is a good option. You may not end up using the specialist abilities much til 69 though, i never used any of the specialist abilities so I can't really say how useful they are. You can have more than 2 but it is 2$ a month per extra retainer or something around that.

[Hecky]

Thank you very much for all the advice

[Ksenia]

If you level 50-60 using collectables you will have enough scrips to get main and off hand and if you augment them, they will do you right to 67.

As for armor and accessories I am still using Chimerical/ Serpent skin white 60 and the hallowed chestnut accessories and my crafts are mostly 62 up to 65. (I am still on Xelphatol dungeon - I'm not even in Stormblood yet)

The thing is, I think a lot of people remember scrip stuff differently than it is for players entering the field now. They are a lot easier to get now.