Why I Wear a Mask (L)
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What the allowance actually buys
At 10 allowances a run, this leve's 2,942,290 EXP works out to 294,229 EXP per allowance, which places it 4th of the 6 Lv 56 Armorer tradecraft leves that record EXP. The best of them, A Halonic Masquerade, returns 534,960 EXP for the same allowance, 82% more.
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 3% above its own category's average.
Gil ranks it differently: 499 gil per allowance is 3rd of 6 on the same rung against 4th on EXP, with the best there paying 998 gil.
Titanium Headgear of Scouting ×3 is a Lv 56 Armorer recipe, 3 steps deep through 5 intermediates, costing 108 units of raw material and 114 crystals over 3 crafts.
Handing that in returns 27,243 EXP and 46 gil for every unit of raw material the order swallows, and the tree needs Alchemist, Armorer, Blacksmith and Leatherworker.