Halfhearted Effort
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What the allowance actually buys
One allowance here buys 646,380 EXP, the best of the 3 Lv 74 Blacksmith tradecraft leves that record EXP: the runner-up manages 387,820 EXP, 40% less.
Across that rung the return runs from 244,970 EXP to 646,380 EXP per allowance — 3 distinct figures spanning 164%, so the wrong pick leaves 401,410 EXP of the allowance unspent.
On whether to wait: the best Lv 76 Blacksmith tradecraft leve returns 1,256,820 EXP per allowance, 94% more than the best on this rung, while the Lv 72 rung behind tops out at 954,450 EXP.
At Lv 74 this data holds 27 leves paying EXP across 2 categories: the 24 Tradecraft ones average 514,135 EXP per allowance, the 3 Fieldcraft ones 1,574,264 EXP, which puts this leve 26% above its own category's average.
Bluespirit Halfheart Saw ×1 is a Lv 75 Blacksmith recipe, 2 steps deep through 2 intermediates, costing 19 units of raw material and 41 crystals.
Handing that in returns 34,020 EXP and 228 gil for every unit of raw material the order swallows, and the tree needs Blacksmith and Carpenter.