Someone Put Dung in My Helmet
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What the allowance actually buys
One allowance here buys 473,220 EXP, the best of the 3 Lv 54 Armorer tradecraft leves that record EXP: the runner-up manages 336,080 EXP, 29% less.
Across that rung the return runs from 212,460 EXP to 473,220 EXP per allowance — 3 distinct figures spanning 123%, so the wrong pick leaves 260,760 EXP of the allowance unspent.
On whether to wait: the best Lv 56 Armorer tradecraft leve returns 534,960 EXP per allowance, 13% more than the best on this rung, while the Lv 52 rung behind tops out at 555,260 EXP.
At Lv 54 this data holds 54 leves paying EXP across 3 categories: the 24 Tradecraft ones average 400,590 EXP per allowance, the 3 Fieldcraft ones 938,680 EXP and the 27 Grand Company ones 205,186 EXP, which puts this leve 18% above its own category's average.
Titanium Sallet of Maiming ×1 is a Lv 54 Armorer recipe, 3 steps deep through 4 intermediates, costing 29 units of raw material and 30 crystals.
Handing that in returns 16,318 EXP and 30 gil for every unit of raw material the order swallows, and the tree needs Armorer, Blacksmith, Goldsmith and Leatherworker.