Quote Originally Posted by Bready View Post
Thank you for the advice and colorful words everyone. I think I will try out some gathering to pay off my many in-game debts. I used to strongly dislike (hate is a strong word) having to mine every ore deposit I saw in my previous MMO World of Warcraft, but maybe it might be fun in this game. Does anyone have any tips on what are the best materials to collect and sell for my crafter acquaintances friends? Thank you!
My best suggestion is to check the market boards and find out what sells for decent amounts of Gil. When I first started gathering, I collected tons of fire shards because a lot of crafters could not be bothered to run out and collect them as they were pretty low level. I made a decent amount of Gil just selling fire shards for a while. Eventually you should be able to get a feel for what is popular on the market boards and then try to gather those items. Here's another hint...gathered items that are required for making food for the raiders, often sell pretty well.