By Unicorn.Rilu 2010-04-29 12:35:53
clothcraft was a HUGE gil sink to level when I did, but i've been happy with having it leveled ever since (roughly 3 years now).
Things have changed quite a bit, as have new recipes that make the 90's stretch not as painful, but it still can be rough going.
My average # of synths from 95-100 was around 30 synths per level (with 98-99 being the worst at 42).
I did:
96-98 Dance shoes (made the moccasins myself for leather skillup, then kept them and made dance shoes from them)
98-99 Samue - LOTS of Ulli parties for Raxa
99-100 Blessed Briaults (15) and Cursed Dalmatica (12) had 1 HQ briault, 2 dalmy breaks (both macrame lost, not leather). Also did 1 Mahatma cape synth. So total of 28 synths for 99-100.
Irony is, I just did cooking to 100 on a mule; and I averaged about 15 synths/level from 95-100. 99-100 on Red Curry only took me 16 synths. Not sure what it was about cooking, but it was MUCH easier to do.
And, as a note - I don't pay attention to moon phase or day of the week or direction for skillups; I just craft when i get the materials in hand.