Quote Originally Posted by RiyahArp View Post
You're better off doing anything but poetics for desynth.
Not if you're trying to cap it (the current cap is ilvl 330 ) for a craft that doesn't have weapons and you don't want to spend yo' gils. Capping weaver took a lot of poe, centurio seals, crafter scrips, 24-man drops, and dungeon gear and you get more poe for doing the last 2. It's a grind but I still prefer it as a way to get glass fibers and some other random mats.

Most people I know that started finished, new players still do the anima for the minion. It's not nearly as much of a grind as it used to be. Most of the 50 dungeons can be solo'd. You can't do Wanderer's Palace hard solo if you're playing as a job that can't use any healing spells, but the rest are fine. Light farming went twice as fast for my AST weapon than it did for my SMN weapon back when that was current and my parties never hit the sturdy window. I think I started and completed a weapon in a week playing pretty casually by doing roulettes every day, finishing WT, and checking the pf for bonus parties.

If the game isn't fun for you it's probably time to take a break.