I'm not new to FFXIV, but took a 2yr break and now I'm back, I've never tried a crafting class so decided to try Carpenter Guild. Complete confusion reigns. I acquired the entry level saw, but when trying to complete the first quest two things happened:

1. By equipping the saw to complete the quest, my toon was stripped naked and all items were returned to the Armory Chest. Legs, feet, and gloves lost their glamours, and now those glamours can't be re-applied. The glamour-applying dialogue says it was completed, but also warns that it won't be applied if any class can't wear the glamour item. It worked fine until I equipped the saw.

2. To complete the carpenter's quest, I have to synthesize maple logs into maple lumber. I've got the logs and wind shards to do it, but when attempting to use them in the carpentry class log, I hit "synthesize" and get no maple lumber. The class log offers no information as to why, and I can't find any info anywhere on how to perform it correctly.

I've had it with crafting classes, I want out of Carpenter class and Guild. All I want now is for my previously applied glamours to work. This has really taken the bloom off of my excitement from upgrading to the new expansion, which I just completed last night.

Thanks in advance for any help achieving my goal of getting out of carpentry.