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If you can force HQ with NQs on the higher durability synths, stressing over the components shouldn't matter unless your intention is to sell those.

I have a pretty good rotation for 40s but it requires BSM and LTW at 50 ><

Edited, Dec 7th 2013 6:59pm by LebargeX

That is still halfway there and you got the most pain in the butt meld out of the way already!

Currently, the rotation you listed works fine if you have at least one HQ mat or BSM at 50. Getting BSM to 50 really isn't that tough so it shouldn't be an issue!

Wanted to thank you again for posting this. I was aware of the reddit post for a long time but your guide actually details exactly what materia needs to be melded into each piece and, more importantly, WHEN (due to pricing). A very good read and it has done some wonderful things for me so far.

I levelled every DoH/DoL at once up to level 40, then did CRP to 50. If you're not interested in doing that, here's what I recommend.

Get everything to 15 first. This will give you the full set of tier 1 cross class abilities. At this point, it doesn't really matter what order you do them in. The key abilities at low levels are Waste Not (LTW), Tricks of the Trade (ALC), and Rumination (CRP). I used these abilities are just about every synth out there up until 50. Rumination kills your Inner Quiet stacks, so once you get Byregot's you won't use it any more.

Next, do CUL to 37. This will give you Steady Hand II and makes Basic Touch 100% and Hasty Touch 80%.

I didn't find out until way later but remember: Cross Class abilities are NOT level restricted. You can use Steady Hand II, which is a level 37 ability as soon as you get your first cross class slot open. You'll get a new cross class slot every 5 levels.

Then, you'll want CRP to 50 for Byregot's Blessing, and then WVR to 50 for SH II. While levelling these 3 classes, you can be levelling BTN alongside as it can gather items for WVR, CRP, and CUL. If you want to add ALC in at this point as well, it won't hurt. BTN also gathers a great deal of the items you'll need for ALC leve turn ins.

For the others, the timing doesn't matter as much. You can level ASM, BSM, GSM and MIN all at the same time and they will complement each other as well. LTW at this time won't hurt either, as you'll need to mine Alumen then Black Alumen to make leather from level 16 to 50.

Fishing can be levelled independently, or not at all. The only thing you'll ever really 'need' it for (crafting wise) is for making Red Coral jewelry for spritbonding, if you're going to do so.

Up until level 20, just try making 1 of everything in the crafting log It will get you pretty much everything you need, and you can make some extras of stuff you'll need for the following levels. Once you hit level 20, focus exclusively on the triple turn in levels at the different outposts. There are tons of resources out there that will tell you which ones they are.

Good luck!

ETA: It is imperative that you turn in HQ items for the triple turn in levequests. This gives you triple the xp. Having those level 15 abilities, and then BB will make this much easier/cheaper.



Edited, Dec 10th 2013 6:11am by LebargeX

I leveled all DoH and DoL classes at about the same time.

If you have reached max rank (or whatever rank you need to turn in their supplies) with your Grand Company, it's even easier. Everyday, the first thing I did was to go harvest HQ items for the grand company so I'd get seals and experience for my DoL classes. I'd also plan ahead and harvest any mats I'd need to make whatever items I was focusing on for levequests.

I would have already looked it up and determined which DoW class I was focusing on and what levequests I was going to repeat. I then basically leveled each class for 5 levels. I kept all my classes at about the same level so I could make my own HQ gear and tools. This also made it super easy to HQ the levequest items I was turning in. (If you turn in HQ items for the levequest you get 3 times the experience and gil.) I did this from the start to about level 41-43. At that point I took each classes to 50.

I picked the levequests based on the reward and the experience gained versus the cost to make the items. I favored levequests that the required items could be made from all vendor or gathered materials, if possible. I did have to farm some mobs along the way though. (I leveled Bard to 47 before getting serious about crafting so I could open up all the levequest givers and farm anything I needed myself.) Triple turn in levequests were fine if the items were easy to make and the reward was something great like diremite webs or something. A lot of the time I just did the courier levequests because it was generally the best value of experience versus cost to make the items, if levequest allowance wasn't an issue. Plus since I was leveling up all the crafts at the same time, I was always able to make for myself, the parts needed.

It was easy. I was patient and just took my time and I got it done in no time. Plus I ended up making a ton of gil leveling all these classes up.

edit: I should also mention that since you're leveling all the classes at the same time, you're using all the same gear. You craft your set of gear and then use it until all your classes have moved on to the next set of gear. Then you convert the old set. This is what I did for both DoH and DoL.

Edited, Dec 10th 2013 10:09am by M0NKEYSNARF

Weaver took me the longest and I even skipped Velveteen stage but I would almost recommend doing it first for CSII. It's the first ability I cross class when leveling a new craft; if you get all your mats in advance just doing your crafting log in completion for each craft it's super quick with it.

I did GSM to 50 first (along with ALC to 15) then WVR, CLN to 37 then CRP to 50 then LTW/BSM to 15. I only chose GSM first cause I knew it was the only place to get accessories which I figured most people would actually want as it's an easy place to get a huge stat increase, especially HQ (sadly DF has shown me time and time again no one cares about their gear sadly). GSM was very easy to level though too even though the later abilities aren't very useful (Looking at you Flawless Synthesis :P ).

I don't recommend leveling all jobs simultaneously because some of the lvl 50 cross class abilities make the early-mid levels so much easier.

Specifically Byregot's Blessing and Careful Synthesis II, but Innovation and Comfort Zone can also be very helpful.

Being able to reliably HQ leve turn ins makes the levels fly by.

Edited, Dec 10th 2013 11:33am by Pickins

It is generally recommended to get most if not all the DoH to 15.
I have a link somewhere, will go find it.

Try this http://ns.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comments/1no9mn/the_journey_to_hqing_anything_guide/

Edited, Dec 10th 2013 12:34pm by Yelta

I always cross class Careful Synth when I start leveling a new DoH class. Once I get up to level 15 and can access Careful Synth, Hasty Touch and Tricks of the Trade, I can pretty consistently HQ stuff as I level. So I would suggest Weaver, Culinarian and Alchemist to 15 first.

Definitely valid opinions.

The method you laid out definitely works, but I opted to level individually for a few reasons.

First, it seems like it's faster, as I don't have to worry about using HQ mats for most of my leves, so I could buy them off the markets when the price was right. Additionally, I could craft many of the mats with the jobs already at 50 very easily (gotta love 100% HQ macros).

Second, I wanted to get into the market as quickly as possible, so I could start making gil. This is why I did GSM to 50 first; the sale of jewelry and ingots financed my other crafts.


Really I suggest everyone play how they want. Either way will have the same end result.

http://craftingasaservice.com/

This is the main resource I used to plan out my leveling, which leve quests I was going to do and what gear to craft for myself next. Even when it came time to do the class quests to get the level 50 blue tools, I used this website, at level 49, to craft all the quest items and turn them in. I crafted the level 50 quest item at 49 so I'd still benefit from the experience gained from crafting it, even though I couldn't turn in the quest until 50.

Wow... that is a metric *** ton of overmelds. I finally finished the last meld on my GSM gear this morning and now I'm at 347 Craftsmanship / 330 Control / 365 CP (with HQ Fish Soup +33cp) and didn't go further than double over on my OHs for WVR and GSM. on class specific gear. I wonder if the cost of blowing up all that materia is really that great a savings when compared to making a separate set for each. Not to mention he used two T4's

Also, the HQ rotation he lists is a bit different than the one I'm looking at:

IQ, CS II, WN, SH II, Basic Touch x5, GS, SH I, ING II, Advanced Touch, GS, BB, CS II x2.

I've put it in simulators, and it works. I haven't tried it yet because I'm waiting to see the cost drop on tome mats. But, according to comments in that reddit thread, it works.

Glad to hear it worked for you :)

I can't wait til next week when I can start farming tomes solo (due to restricted play time). I'm also really anxious to see what the mat price drop looks like. I hope i'm not being too hopeful lol.