Spoony Is the Bard
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What the allowance actually buys
One allowance here buys 681,530 EXP, the best of the 3 Lv 68 Armorer tradecraft leves that record EXP: the runner-up manages 431,170 EXP, 37% less.
Across that rung the return runs from 408,920 EXP to 681,530 EXP per allowance — 3 distinct figures spanning 67%, so the wrong pick leaves 272,610 EXP of the allowance unspent.
On whether to wait: the best Lv 70 Armorer tradecraft leve returns 565,870 EXP per allowance, 17% less than the best on this rung, while the Lv 66 rung behind tops out at 969,450 EXP.
At Lv 68 this data holds 27 leves paying EXP across 2 categories: the 24 Tradecraft ones average 550,185 EXP per allowance, the 3 Fieldcraft ones 1,189,544 EXP, which puts this leve 24% above its own category's average.
Molybdenum Armguards of Scouting ×1 is a Lv 69 Armorer recipe, 4 steps deep through 7 intermediates, costing 31 units of raw material and 41 crystals.
Handing that in returns 21,985 EXP and 113 gil for every unit of raw material the order swallows, and the tree needs Alchemist, Armorer, Blacksmith, Leatherworker and Weaver.