Wrapped Knuckles

One allowance here buys 341,890 EXP, which places it 2nd of the 3 Lv 72 Armorer tradecraft leves that record EXP. The best of them, Hedging Bets, returns 698,030 EXP for the same allowance, 104% more.

Across that rung the return runs from 215,950 EXP to 698,030 EXP per allowance — 3 distinct figures spanning 223%, so the wrong pick leaves 482,080 EXP of the allowance unspent.

On whether to wait: the best Lv 74 Armorer tradecraft leve returns 791,810 EXP per allowance, 13% more than the best on this rung, while the Lv 70 rung behind tops out at 565,870 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 42% below its own category's average.

Gil ranks it differently: 1,477 gil per allowance is 3rd of 3 on the same rung against 2nd on EXP, with the best there paying 4,090 gil.

Deepgold Gloves of Fending ×1 is a Lv 72 Armorer recipe, 2 steps deep through 3 intermediates, costing 18 units of raw material and 33 crystals.

Handing that in returns 18,994 EXP and 82 gil for every unit of raw material the order swallows, and the tree needs Armorer, Blacksmith, Leatherworker and Weaver.