3* trade in for Master II books

[punisher360]

im after macros or rotations for them

[scarebearz]

There are no good macro's and most of the set "rotations" around are bad.

Do what you did for 3* crafts for quality (hasty method) and for progress use pbp to start, rs in the middle and finish using cs2.

You need 11 IQ stacks ideally and reclaim if you fail to get them.

Act situationally based on the procs etc that you get.

[EvianEverdeen]

There are no good macro's and most of the set "rotations" around are bad.

Do what you did for 3* crafts for quality (hasty method) and for progress use pbp to start, rs in the middle and finish using cs2.

You need 11 IQ stacks ideally and reclaim if you fail to get them.

Act situationally based on the procs etc that you get.

Would it be asking too much to ask you to post a general rotation and/or general rules to follow when attempting to craft out the II books? I've relied on macro's in the past and I would like to get out of that habit. I'm not sure exactly where to begin. I appreciate your insight. Thanks.

[scarebearz]

I've relied on macro's in the past and I would like to get out of that habit.

I did advise learning how to craft manually months ago ;D hehe

It depends on your stats, but you be looking at something like pbp x2, rs x2 and cs2 x2 for progress.

Use ToT on almost all Good procs before BB.

Aim to use CZ 3 times, refresh when it wears off.

Use inno and one of the cs2's to "fish" for a good proc after GS is used.

[Bubblegum01]

Use tot at every chance you get even when sh2 is still up. If your sh2 is down and you have less than 5 durabilty go for progress instead if using sh2 again. Use at least 2 master mend 2. If you get less than 11 stack of iq, reclaim.

[Enigmah]

I did advise learning how to craft manually months ago ;D hehe

It depends on your stats, but you be looking at something like pbp x2, rs x2 and cs2 x2 for progress.

Use ToT on almost all Good procs before BB.

Aim to use CZ 3 times, refresh when it wears off.

Use inno and one of the cs2's to "fish" for a good proc after GS is used.

i started with this same rotation and got my HQ 3/5 times. I was fortunate that i was working on my Supra at the same time so i didn't need to reclaim if i wasn't able to get my 11 stacks. Just a note even though you do get 11 stacks, you are not guaranteed to get 100%. I only got 100% 1/3 times. I got my other 2 HQ's with a 22-28% HQ rate.

As everyone has said, there is no Macro for 3 star crafting that works. The fact that you need almost every tricks of the trade and keeping your CZ up makes it impossible to be efficient with a macro.

Good Luck

[Sibyll]

Use tot at every chance you get even when sh2 is still up. If your sh2 is down and you have less than 5 durabilty go for progress instead if using sh2 again. Use at least 2 master mend 2. If you get less than 11 stack of iq, reclaim.

Excellent + Great Strides can get you above 90% with less than 10 stacks. 8 Stacks has gotten me 95%, 7 stacks has gotten me 89%. All of these are better than the ~81% that 11 stacks plus Great Strides and a Good proc will get you.

My point being, unless you got like 5 stacks you should still take the synth out as long as you can to see if you get an Excellent proc. If you take Rumination there is pretty much no reason to not take it out to the end.

[Nutz]

Everyone's pretty much covered what needs to be done. I was just going to add that if you've mostly crafted by macro before, you can try your hand at whatever cheap high level synths using the methods that are required here. Of course, nothing else has quality requirements anywhere near what you're dealing with here, but you should be able to practice refreshing CP as much as possible, using HT with SH2, and refreshing your durability while aiming for ~11 IQ stacks on anything with 80 durability. Keep in mind, however, the very high amount of progress you have to account for as well.

[Sainya]

checkout ImDingDing 's post - its helpful and also https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgfYIE38LtY
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...Star-HQ-Macros also..
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...ity-before-AFK
hope this helps.

Also, check this out. someone posted it all in 1 thread.

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...tations-Thread

[xPeAcEx]

There are no good macro's and most of the set "rotations" around are bad.

Do what you did for 3* crafts for quality (hasty method) and for progress use pbp to start, rs in the middle and finish using cs2.

You need 11 IQ stacks ideally and reclaim if you fail to get them.

Act situationally based on the procs etc that you get.

This ^^

If you didn't get 11 stacks, reclaim and start over. Losing 1 craft is a lot better than finishing 10 normal quality.