Is it worth while to make a second and third character, and run through the quest to about thirty? In doing so you could get all the gold rewards and invest it in crafting. I just invested about 80,000 in six crafts and got them all around lvl 15. But then ran out of gil. Another 80k could probably take my crafts to lvl 30 each. From their I could probably make a profit on whatever I make.
Good idea or stupid?