Melding my accessories ?

[LastDream]

Hi guys !
I wanna meld some materias in my crafting accessories (don't have the money for all of it yet since i use different craft classes :/).

So i was thinking, what should i meld into them ?
I've been looking for guides but i'm not sure today if it's good anymore.
So here i ask, thanks !

[Mikedizzy]

Everything I've seen is dump all you can fit until you can HQ your Highest level items and then worry about CP after. I would also like to see an up to date "MIN/MAX" guide for attaching materia for crafters.

[juniglee]

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...=1#post1273980

[Maelwys]

Best meld setup for HQ accessories hasn't really changed from the above link that juniglee posted - you can cap all the stats out on them for a reasonable level of investment.
Just be sure to double-check the prices for T1, T2, T3 and T4 materias on your server - the T3s are actually cheaper than T2s on our server by a sizeable margin.

For the armor itself, it depends what you want from it: Do you want individual sets for each class, or one set that does all classes?

You're really aiming to get either [347 Craftsmanship, 340 Control and 372 CP] or [357 Craftsmanship, 343 Control and 348 CP] after food, depending on which rotation you're going for. You can hit that via the above accessories, plus either a HQ Job-Specific gear set (you'll need a different set for each crafting class, but less risky since fewer overmelds needed) or a HQ Patrician's gear set with a HQ Job-Specific Body (all but the body can be used by multiple classes, but it'll need more overmelds - particularly on the Offhand Weapon).

Technically you can use a "Dodore Doublet" as a Generic Body piece too... but the most you'd be able to hit will be 348 Control, 342 Control and 345 CP- even when FULLY overmelded with an extremely expensive Offhand 3xT4/2xT3 materia pentameld. So you'll only be able to use the [347 Craftsmanship, 340 Control and 372 CP] rotation and have to eat +CP food each time.

Personally I've gone with the HQ accessories, and a HQ Patrician's set plus job-specific HQ Body pieces.