Breeches of Trust

One allowance here buys 826,240 EXP, the best of the 3 Lv 72 Leatherworker tradecraft leves that record EXP: the runner-up manages 569,820 EXP, 31% less.

Across that rung the return runs from 495,740 EXP to 826,240 EXP per allowance — 3 distinct figures spanning 67%, so the wrong pick leaves 330,500 EXP of the allowance unspent.

On whether to wait: the best Lv 74 Leatherworker tradecraft leve returns 937,250 EXP per allowance, 13% more than the best on this rung, while the Lv 70 rung behind tops out at 820,510 EXP.

At Lv 72 this data holds 27 leves paying EXP across 2 categories: the 24 Tradecraft ones average 590,811 EXP per allowance, the 3 Fieldcraft ones 1,405,338 EXP, which puts this leve 40% above its own category's average.

Gliderskin Breeches of Fending ×1 is a Lv 73 Leatherworker recipe, 3 steps deep through 5 intermediates, costing 27 units of raw material and 44 crystals.

Handing that in returns 30,601 EXP and 151 gil for every unit of raw material the order swallows, and the tree needs Goldsmith, Leatherworker and Weaver.