Crafting...need nexbie advice

[kcj]

As I've recently discovered, pretty much everything crafting related is tied together. If you do one, then you really have to do them all.

On the flip side, once you've gotten them unlocked; you can usually level them (abet slowly) through Grand Company Supply and Provisioning Missions.

[Gemina]

As I've recently discovered, pretty much everything crafting related is tied together. If you do one, then you really have to do them all.

On the flip side, once you've gotten them unlocked; you can usually level them (abet slowly) through Grand Company Supply and Provisioning Missions.

Tradecraft leves are the fastest way to level your crafters without question. However, they are limited to allowances and you can burn through them quite quickly if leveling all the crafters. For this reason it is important to turn in HQ only as they give a large bonus to exp. GC turn-ins are great too, and again, be sure to turn in HQ. The starred items give ridiculous exp, and an HQ turn in doubles it. More methods involve tribe quests relative to your level, and log completion. The latter is the slowest method and floods your inventory. However, if you go the really slow route and gather all your materials, process them towards log completion, AND sale everything, you'll come out on top with a crap ton of gil. This method does not require tradecraft leves.

[Bun_Vivant]

Tradecraft leves are the fastest way to level your crafters without question. However, they are limited to allowances and you can burn through them quite quickly if leveling all the crafters. For this reason it is important to turn in HQ only as they give a large bonus to exp. GC turn-ins are great too, and again, be sure to turn in HQ.

Once you unlock them in Idylshire, Custom Deliveries provide very quick crafter/gatherer leveling.
The problem with them is they are even more limited than levequests: you can only do at most 12 a week.
And unlike GC missions and levequests, you can't buy (or have someone else make) the turn-ins for Custom Deliveries.

[Gemina]

Once you unlock them in Idylshire, Custom Deliveries provide very quick crafter/gatherer leveling.
The problem with them is they are even more limited than levequests: you can only do at most 12 a week.
And unlike GC missions and levequests, you can't buy (or have someone else make) the turn-ins for Custom Deliveries.

I actually reserve custom deliveries for gatherers, which is why I did not mention them. But still a valid route if that is the person's preference. While I don't shun anyone who buys their turn-ins or has someone else craft them, I do kind of laugh at it considering they don't really require that much effort. Plus you also lose out on the exp for crafting it yourself.

[Bun_Vivant]

I actually reserve custom deliveries for gatherers, which is why I did not mention them. But still a valid route if that is the person's preference. While I don't shun anyone who buys their turn-ins or has someone else craft them, I do kind of laugh at it considering they don't really require that much effort. Plus you also lose out on the exp for crafting it yourself.

I'm on Road to 80 world with 7 characters already leveled to 90 DoH / 90 DoL.
Crafting turn ins for the other two characters I'm leveling saves me from having to make them gear until they hit 90. They go straight from base gear to Indigators. And then I do their crafter quests, to get Manipulation.

Sometimes I think I have an unusual perspective on what's fun.

[Januaria81]

IS there no end to the complexity of this game? It just gets deeper and deeper. It's like the Marianna Trench of MMORPG's. :O