Hunting Heretics (L)

At 10 allowances a run, this leve's 2,602,720 EXP works out to 260,272 EXP per allowance, which places it 2nd of the 3 Lv 54 Leatherworker Grand Company leves that record EXP. The best of them, Eviction Notice (L), returns 308,078 EXP for the same allowance, 18% more.

Across that rung the return runs from 47,322 EXP to 308,078 EXP per allowance — 3 distinct figures spanning 551%, so the wrong pick leaves 260,756 EXP of the allowance unspent.

On whether to wait: the best Lv 56 Leatherworker Grand Company leve returns 294,229 EXP per allowance, 4% less than the best on this rung, while the Lv 52 rung behind tops out at 264,372 EXP.

At Lv 54 this data holds 54 leves paying EXP across 3 categories: the 27 Grand Company ones average 205,186 EXP per allowance, the 3 Fieldcraft ones 938,680 EXP and the 24 Tradecraft ones 400,590 EXP, which puts this leve 27% above its own category's average.

Dhalmelskin Leggings of Aiming ×3 is a Lv 55 Leatherworker recipe, 3 steps deep through 6 intermediates, costing 69 units of raw material and 81 crystals over 3 crafts.

Handing that in returns 37,721 EXP and 68 gil for every unit of raw material the order swallows, and the tree needs Alchemist, Blacksmith, Leatherworker and Weaver.