Get Me the Usual
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What the allowance actually buys
One allowance here buys 82,760 EXP, the best of the 6 Lv 35 Armorer tradecraft leves that record EXP: the runner-up manages 72,600 EXP, 12% less.
Across that rung the return runs from 28,820 EXP to 82,760 EXP per allowance — 5 distinct figures spanning 187%, so the wrong pick leaves 53,940 EXP of the allowance unspent.
On whether to wait: the best Lv 40 Armorer tradecraft leve returns 102,600 EXP per allowance, 24% more than the best on this rung, while the Lv 30 rung behind tops out at 67,730 EXP.
At Lv 35 this data holds 52 leves paying EXP across 2 categories: the 48 Tradecraft ones average 61,959 EXP per allowance, the 4 Fieldcraft ones 378,392 EXP, which puts this leve 34% above its own category's average.
Gil ranks it differently: 319 gil per allowance is 5th of 6 on the same rung against 1st on EXP, with the best there paying 725 gil.
Heavy Steel Flanchard ×1 is a Lv 35 Armorer recipe, 3 steps deep through 3 intermediates, costing 17 units of raw material and 27 crystals.
Handing that in returns 4,868 EXP and 19 gil for every unit of raw material the order swallows, and the tree needs Armorer, Blacksmith and Leatherworker.