Why I Wear a Mask (L)

At 10 allowances a run, this leve's 2,942,290 EXP works out to 294,229 EXP per allowance, the best of the 3 Lv 56 Armorer Grand Company leves that record EXP: the runner-up manages 240,187 EXP, 18% less.

Across that rung the return runs from 53,496 EXP to 294,229 EXP per allowance — 3 distinct figures spanning 450%, so the wrong pick leaves 240,733 EXP of the allowance unspent.

On whether to wait: the best Lv 58 Armorer Grand Company leve returns 446,249 EXP per allowance, 52% more than the best on this rung, while the Lv 54 rung behind tops out at 260,272 EXP.

At Lv 56 this data holds 54 leves paying EXP across 3 categories: the 27 Grand Company ones average 195,640 EXP per allowance, the 3 Fieldcraft ones 1,032,386 EXP and the 24 Tradecraft ones 390,755 EXP, which puts this leve 50% above its own category's average.

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.