Greavous Losses
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What the allowance actually buys
One allowance here buys 13,090 EXP, the best of the 6 Lv 10 Armorer tradecraft leves that record EXP: the runner-up manages 9,990 EXP, 24% less.
Across that rung the return runs from 6,880 EXP to 13,090 EXP per allowance — 3 distinct figures spanning 90%, so the wrong pick leaves 6,210 EXP of the allowance unspent.
On whether to wait: the best Lv 15 Armorer tradecraft leve returns 18,910 EXP per allowance, 44% more than the best on this rung, while the Lv 5 rung behind tops out at 8,460 EXP.
At Lv 10 this data holds 52 leves paying EXP across 2 categories: the 48 Tradecraft ones average 8,265 EXP per allowance, the 4 Fieldcraft ones 43,676 EXP, which puts this leve 58% above its own category's average.
Gil ranks it differently: 287 gil per allowance is 3rd of 6 on the same rung against 1st on EXP, with the best there paying 350 gil.
Bronze Sabatons ×1 is a Lv 13 Armorer recipe, 3 steps deep through 4 intermediates, costing 16 units of raw material and 11 crystals.
Handing that in returns 818 EXP and 18 gil for every unit of raw material the order swallows, and the tree needs Armorer, Blacksmith and Leatherworker.