Originally Posted by Malacite  |
| even with all that though I really find it hard. Say what you want, but RMT (and the relative ease of leveling up cooking) have pretty well crushed the profit margins on most items. Darksteel's a good money maker in smithing but every time I try to go mining in Gusgen or Oldton I just want to /wrist |
Say what you want, but crafting and H.E.L.M aren't your only means of making gil. Really, there's some stuff you can NPC for better turnaround than you would on the AH. Some people see it as slow, but I built my COR and RNG mostly on farming Delkfutts and knowing where to sell what I found there. Zi'tah ain't a bad farming haunt either, especially if you know what to NPC, what to use for your craft and what/where to AH.
Before I go trotting out to craft, I go look at what I can get from NPCs at what price and what I can farm and where it can be farmed most easily. Takes time, I might not level that day if I do it (oh noes), but it can be done for profit without the concern of RMT blocking you.