OK so you are a excellent crafter and can make gil no problem. You say you make more money farming though. We all know getting a craft to 100 takes a lot of time and farming also takes a lot of time. All in all you are spending a lot of time staring at a screen if what you say above is true.
I will apologize if you are paralyzed or somehow confined to a wheelchair or, god forbid, a bed, but if not you should quit FFXI and look back at what you've been missing while you've been trying to perfect yourself in a fantasy world.
FFXI is fun but so is playing sports, persuing a career, and getting laid. I would hate to think all you have in the end of the day is 5 level 100 crafts but no real life.
As for myself I don't get shit done in FFXI for someone who has owned the game for 4+ years not even one level 75 yet. The only reason I bought this game was because I was on house arrest and couldn't leave my house for a month.
I know most of what I have said will upset most of you who read this and you're going to be defensive or in denial or both.
I would just hate to see you guys and gals with nothing to do when multiple high elevation nuclear explosions wipe out the power grids around the whole globe and kicks off the end of your fantasy world.
As for HQ's they happen when you don't want them. Oak Cudgel +1 for example cannot be made into a Warp Cudgel, just a pain in the ass like some little emo kid.