Fifty Shields of Blades (L)

At 10 allowances a run, this leve's 3,053,960 EXP works out to 305,396 EXP per allowance, the best of the 3 Lv 52 Armorer Grand Company leves that record EXP: the runner-up manages 182,325 EXP, 40% less.

Across that rung the return runs from 40,608 EXP to 305,396 EXP per allowance — 3 distinct figures spanning 652%, so the wrong pick leaves 264,788 EXP of the allowance unspent.

On whether to wait: the best Lv 54 Armorer Grand Company leve returns 260,272 EXP per allowance, 15% less than the best on this rung, while the Lv 50 rung behind tops out at 116,247 EXP.

At Lv 52 this data holds 54 leves paying EXP across 3 categories: the 27 Grand Company ones average 177,755 EXP per allowance, the 3 Fieldcraft ones 868,208 EXP and the 24 Tradecraft ones 337,743 EXP, which puts this leve 72% above its own category's average.

Mythrite Bladed Lantern Shield ×3 is a Lv 53 Armorer recipe, 3 steps deep through 4 intermediates, costing 144 units of raw material and 129 crystals over 3 crafts.

Handing that in returns 21,208 EXP and 28 gil for every unit of raw material the order swallows, and the tree needs Armorer and Blacksmith.