Level All The Crafts?

I was just wondering if there's any point to levelling all my crafts to 70? I have Cooking100, Fishing100 and Synergy80 (even though I suck at Synergy apparently >_>;)

I have BC60 from when I was going to drop Cooking for BC, now I'm curious to know if there's any real point to levelling the other crafts to 70 or whether the only use would be Achievement points or minor convenience.

I don't have that Matsya cape, no interest in getting it atm.

DAT BLUE!

If you have extra gil to toss around couldn't hurt. Can make nearly everything craftable lower level with your subs all capped to 70. All I know is it's helped me vastly with lots of synthesis and not having to rely on others for ingredients, etc..

I would assume 70 skill can cover several auctionable goods that can net you a good profit. If you are that much into crafting and simply loooove to craft then you could do that on multiple crafts and be foreverhappy.

In short, like it was stated above -- having all of your subcrafts capped is never a bad idea, unless it is distracting significant time from capitalizing/optimizing your main.

You will be sticking to your main craft for profits, that is why it is your main craft. Generally, any profits that could be made by utilizing a level 70 subcraft will be impractical, because there is some guy out there who has your subcraft in question as his/her main craft -- and can likely do anything you could possibly attempt to do far more efficiently, with more profits, less breaks, etc.

Every craft has its commonly associated set of necessary subcrafts as well; so in that sense, certain subcrafts are not considerd "nice", as they are obligatory. For instance, any serious leatherworker will generally have goldsmithing, clothcraft, and smithing subs all capped to 70, since these are the most common subcrafts utilized for any leather synths. Wood, bone, and alchemy are faaaar less common subs. Chances have it though, that no matter what main craft you choose, you will have to level at least two or all of the following subs: Smithing, Goldsmithing, Leather, Cloth. A lot of synths require some random ingot/piece of leather/piece of cloth, and as such those crafts are often necessary for any high level armor.

The best way to plan out your path in my opinion is to look at your goal synths: "Why am I choosing to level X craft in the first place?" Examine what those synths require for subcrafts, and if you haven't -- start/continue building guild points immediately for your main craft, since that often cockblocks people and will take a month and a half or two to acquire the smock/+1 skill accessory/Emblem. Moreover, if you have the funding I would strongly suggest you start buying materials for your end goal synths now. It's a crying shame to finally hit your desired main/subcraft skill levels to really start pumping out HQ's to simply be sitting around waiting for items to appear on the AH that only pop up 2-3 times a week.

Thanks for the opinions guys :D

I didn't think there'd be a great deal of point in levelling them, but I figured it couldn't hurt to ask and check! Maybe when they roll 80 out and I can T3 Shihei to save money.

For cooking, there probably isn't much point. I might be mistaken but I don't believe there are many cooking synths that require a subcraft.

With most other crafts, levelling them above 60 will not only raise the success on any attempted 60-70 synths, it will also raise the HQ tier on any synths on your main that use that craft if it puts you high enough above. For example, the HQ rate on Cursed Hauberks is now 10%, because a Blacksmith can raise their Clothcraft and Goldsmithing high enough to be 11 levels above the subcraft skill level.

Although let's not overlook the fact it's very satisfying having everything capped and blue on our FFXIAH profile! =D

BLUE!!!!

It's not hard, but it's not free. I probably spent 2-3 mil doing the 60-70 raise. Of course, 2-3 mil only buys me 10 attempts at smithing skillups, so it's all relative ...