Originally Posted by
Nara Numas
Levequest levelling is definitely the fastest route for crafters, unfortunately it's either time intensive (if you grind the mats yourself) or money intensive (if you buy them)
Also, since the game came out the friendly beast tribe quests have been added, the Ixali are all about crafting things, if you do as many quests as you can you'll usually get 2-3 levels every daily reset, it starts in Gridania near the grand company headquaters, it's a level 1 quest but I can't remember the name
Also, a bit of a money making tip, if you haven't already, take any levelling gear you may have and convert it into materia and then sell the materia on the AH, it'll get you enough money to survive for a while