Crafting = Impossible to Guage

[Marianka]

Something which annoyed me in the current crafting system is that if you have 60 skill and do a 20 skill synth it's not uncommon to get 2-3 breaks in a row and about 20% breaks in total. Can't the break ratio follow the same lines as the HQ? like on average 5% breaks for 30m skill above the synth, 2% for 50 skill, 1% for 70 skill? I think the breaking is a reason a lot of crafters don;t even bother anymore.

[Nephilipitou]

Something which annoyed me in the current crafting system is that if you have 60 skill and do a 20 skill synth it's not uncommon to get 2-3 breaks in a row and about 20% breaks in total. Can't the break ratio follow the same lines as the HQ? like on average 5% breaks for 30m skill above the synth, 2% for 50 skill, 1% for 70 skill? I think the breaking is a reason a lot of crafters don;t even bother anymore.

But are you doing it during the right moonphase, during the right day of the week, and facing the right direction? Those are factors as well.

Ya you can break but there has to be some risk. If it doesn't cost a lot, don't worry about a few breaks, if it does, then... what ever pay more attention to the moon, and stuff.

I'm still planning on leveling up most of my crafts, but quite frankly Abyssea is a huge help to make gil. If you're hard up on crystals, then farm elementals for something, sell them, and use that gil to buy other crystals that you need. Think of it as trading an Imperial Mythril Piece for 2 silvers. :P

[Daigotsu]

Really, the problem is that non-synergy crafting hasn't seen any really high end support since.....well, synergy started.

[Marianka]

I think you misread my post. I don't mind stuff breaking during skillups, I mind being a LOT over skillcap and still get a LOT of breaks. The entire moonphase/day/direction thing has been said to not have any effect according to SE. Despite that the directions etc should maybe take max 2-3 points of the skill, not 30