Parasitic Win
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What the allowance actually buys
One allowance here buys 152,230 EXP, the best of the 6 Lv 45 Armorer tradecraft leves that record EXP: the runner-up manages 121,320 EXP, 20% less.
Across that rung the return runs from 26,790 EXP to 152,230 EXP per allowance — 5 distinct figures spanning 468%, so the wrong pick leaves 125,440 EXP of the allowance unspent.
On whether to wait: the best Lv 50 Armorer tradecraft leve returns 211,350 EXP per allowance, 39% more than the best on this rung, while the Lv 40 rung behind tops out at 102,600 EXP.
At Lv 45 this data holds 52 leves paying EXP across 2 categories: the 48 Tradecraft ones average 98,250 EXP per allowance, the 4 Fieldcraft ones 733,026 EXP, which puts this leve 55% above its own category's average.
Cobalt-plated Caligae ×1 is a Lv 46 Armorer recipe, 3 steps deep through 5 intermediates, costing 15 units of raw material and 42 crystals.
Handing that in returns 10,149 EXP and 54 gil for every unit of raw material the order swallows, and the tree needs Armorer, Blacksmith, Goldsmith and Leatherworker.