Recently started leveling my blacksmith so I could try my hand at the crafting portion of 14 so I could start being a more productive member of Besaid.

I am wondering if my crafting should be failing as much as it is. I just bought some crafting gear(or at least what I could find in the market ward) and my level 12 hammer so I could try to make bronze fish hooks but for some reason it doesn't even feel like my stats are helping me at all. I still am failing about 40% of my fish hooks and only getting 300ish sp per success.

Is there a better way to level blacksmith? I just find it really strange I can just behest on a DoW class and hit 20 pretty easy in a good session with out to much trouble. But trying to level blacksmith feels just like a huge chore where I find myself just closing my eyes and hitting enter every 7 or so seconds and just taking the hit if my synthesis fails.

Thanks a lot all!