Would you help me find a good rotation for lvl 70 items? I thank you in advance

All right, since I haven’t started really crafting high level items so far I am really new to this and would love some tips.
Currently, I got 50 at Goldsmith, Blacksmith, Leatherworking and Carpentry.
15 at Alchemy and 30 at Weaving and 30 Armorer.
By the end of the week, I intend to be 50 Weaving and 15 Culinarian.
Assuming it is the end of the week and I already possess the skills I intend to, I will start to craft lvl 70 items.
So, I would have:
Ingenuity 2
Manipulation
Tricks of the Trade
Careful Synthesis 2
Hasty Touch
Rapid Synthesis
Waste not 2
Rumination
Byregot’s Blessing
Assuming I have these skills, would you guys be able to suggest some skill rotations in order to maximize the chance to get a High Quality item considering 40 durability? And considering 80 Durability?
I really appreciate your feedback.

Here's what I do for my crafts. Keep in mind that I have access to Steady Hand II, which gives me 100% success on Basic Touch. The idea is to boost control with Inner quiet and unleash Byregot's blessing at the very last possible moment.

Durability 40.

Confort zone (not needed, gives 14 cp)
Inner Quiet
Steady Hand II
Waste Not
Basic Touch (or Hasty Touch)
Basic Touch (or Hasty Touch)
Basic Touch (or Hasty Touch)
Great Strides
Steady Hand
Ingenuity II
Advanced Touch (or Standard Touch)
Great Strides
Byregot's Blessing
Standard Synthesis (or Careful Synthesis II)

Durability 80

Confort zone (not needed, gives 14 cp)
Inner Quiet
Steady Hand II
Waste Not II
Basic Touch (or Hasty Touch)
Basic Touch (or Hasty Touch)
Basic Touch (or Hasty Touch)
Basic Touch (or Hasty Touch)
Steady Hand II
Basic Touch (or Hasty Touch)
Basic Touch (or Hasty Touch)
Basic Touch (or Hasty Touch)

Here you still have 2 uses of Steady hand, so either increase quality with Hasty/Basic Touch or go to next phase and keep durability for extra progress at the end.

Steady Hand
Great Strides
Innovation (not needed but really nice)
Ingenuity II
Byregot's Blessing
Standard Synthesis
Careful Synthesis II as often as needed.

Hope this helps

Do you always get HQ on your lvl 70 items?

I always get HQ on the 80 durability items (from NQ mats)... for the 40 ones it depends on the timing of the Byregot Blessing... if it happens to land on a good condition it's usually enough to push the quality to 100%, if not it's around the lowest is about 50% (all with NQ). Also, make sure to eat some control food and have all your gear slotted with proper materia.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Raveman1000

Here you still have 2 uses of Steady hand, so either increase quality with Hasty/Basic Touch or go to next phase and keep durability for extra progress at the end.

Great Strides
Steady Hand
Innovation (not needed but really nice)
Ingenuity II
Byregot's Blessing
Standard Synthesis
Careful Synthesis II as often as needed.

Hope this helps

---

Question about this. Doesn't the Great Strides get wasted by not using a Touch action in the three turns after it? GS, SH, Innovation, Ingenuity 2, Byregot's ... doesn't that have the Great Strides go poof right before (and thus not affect at all) the Byregot's?

I'd think swapping the Great Strides and the Steady Hand would solve that little problem.

As a level 50 in all crafts, my rotations follow these rotations/rules:

80 Durability:

1. Comfort Zone (although only a 14 point regeneration you'll use it twice in 2-star recipes)
2. Inner Quiet.
3. Steady Hands II
4. Waste Not I (II is awful and, despite its name, an utter waste of resources)
5. Hasty.
6. Hasty.
7. Hasty.
8. Hasty.

--INITIAL NOTES--
1. If RED condition in any of the above, use Tricks of the Trade.
2. If RED condition in the first few steps causes loss of sync of Steady Hands II and Waste Not I buff (i.e. they are not the same number) consider using Careful Synthesis II on step 8 to make use of the last tick of Waste Not I. If unsure, allow the buff to expire while you rebuff. Keeping 5 durability is better than wasting CP on a touch.
If condition EXCELLENT use Basic Touch.

By this stage you should be anywhere from 60-70 durability based off RED condition Tricks of the Trade regeneration.

Now we work on progress while allowing Comfort Zone to fall off at a manageable time.

9. Ingenuity II
10. Careful Synthesis II (take not of the progress increase. See how many more it will take to complete WITH INGENUITY II ON)
11. Careful Synthesis II (if step 10 took you over 50% progress, obviously use a lesser synthesis action. The goal here is to land within 1-2 progress steps of finishing).

If RED condition, continue using Tricks of the Trade.

Then:

Comfort Zone (landing on ~40 Durability at worst)
12. Steady Hands II
13. Waste Not I
14. Hasty.
15. Hasty.
16. Hasty.
17 Hasty. (landing on ~20 Durability at worst)

NOTE: If RNG has been good to you and you have hit mostof your hasty touches, use Basic Touch on any REDS above.

If RNG has been a cow, continue using Tricks of the Trade. You'll need to fuel another Waste Not I attack before the last stage.

Now take a look at your situation. How many quality increases have been successful? You're keeping count, right? Always keep count. At best you're about 100%. At worst you're on 0-40% with a powerful anger towards RNG. If this is you, you may consider using RECLAIM and praying to the Gods.

What remains to do is pop Manipulation and set yourself up for the endgame. How you proceed depends on your CP pool. I have 378 CP so at this stage I often find myself in a very favorable position and do the following.

Steady Hands II.
Basic Touch.
Great Strides. (If GOOD/EXCELLENT, use B. Blessing. If white continue)
Ingenuity II. (We use this first before Innovation because we need the buff for finishing progress and do not want our CP to run us short of finishing.If GOOD/EXCELLENT, use B. Blessing. If white continue)
Innovation.
B. Blessing.

With Ingenuity still active:

Careful Synthesis II.
Careful Synthesis II.

Now, there are a lot of things to consider. How many touches were successful? How much progress does your gear yield on these particular recipes? With Ingenuity II these numbers correlate to your 1-star yields so you likely already know this.

At the start of a synth work on quality and CP retention. In the middle stages work on Progress first with CP retention, followed by quality with CP spending once you are able to reach the finish line in 1-2 synthesis actions.

Your endgame is to get Steady Hands II up, and then use the first tick on a hasty/basic, followed by all your buffs. The point of this is twofold: Firstly, buffs obviously make for strong touches. However, just as important is that when you buff on a white condition you give yourself another chance that the next condition will be favorable. That is why we use B. Blessing at late as humanly possible.

If all goes well you'll be HQing your 2 star recopies with ease.

Good luck!