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Old Merchant Destiny
Refining isn't even that hard/troublesome to rank compared to many other life skills.
People tend to think refining is hard because it'll be the first skill they seriously try. Furthermore it's one of those skills that are recommended to be ranked prior to any other. In the end it's actually not as bad as a lot of people make out. Things like blacksmithing, weaving, tailoring are generally worse once you hit certain ranks. Certain ranks of handicraft are also more arduous than a lot of refining.
I have over 80 hours in carpentry easily. A lot of that is x2 skill exp from double rainbow events. Its rank 5. Sounds good right? Not even 1/3 of the way to rank 1. Refining is an average skill in terms of time. Especially with all the plentiful ore and ingots from minigames and metallurgy. I know people who have gotten rF->1 refine in less than 15 hours.