A Halonic Masquerade
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What the allowance actually buys
One allowance here buys 534,960 EXP, the best of the 6 Lv 56 Armorer tradecraft leves that record EXP: the runner-up manages 436,700 EXP, 18% less.
Across that rung the return runs from 53,496 EXP to 534,960 EXP per allowance — 6 distinct figures spanning 900%, so the wrong pick leaves 481,464 EXP of the allowance unspent.
On whether to wait: the best Lv 58 Armorer tradecraft leve returns 811,360 EXP per allowance, 52% more than the best on this rung, while the Lv 54 rung behind tops out at 473,220 EXP.
At Lv 56 this data holds 54 leves paying EXP across 2 categories: the 48 Tradecraft ones average 284,330 EXP per allowance, the 6 Fieldcraft ones 684,949 EXP, which puts this leve 88% above its own category's average.
Titanium Headgear of Scouting ×1 is a Lv 56 Armorer recipe, 3 steps deep through 5 intermediates, costing 36 units of raw material and 38 crystals.
Handing that in returns 14,860 EXP and 28 gil for every unit of raw material the order swallows, and the tree needs Alchemist, Armorer, Blacksmith and Leatherworker.