Which crafting class should I level next? 2 star HQ crafting experts advice needed

[Whitefall]

If your goal is to get high HQ% on 2 Star 40 Durability Craft, here's my recommended skill rotation..

"Comfort Zone"
"Inner Quiet"
"Steady Hand II"
"Waste Not"
"Hasty Touch"
"Hasty Touch"
"Hasty Touch"
"Hasty Touch"
"Manipulation"
"Steady Hand II"
"Waste Not"
"Hasty Touch"
"Hasty Touch"
"Hasty Touch"
"Hasty Touch"
"Steady Hand"
"Great Strides"
"Innovation"
"Ingenuity"
"Byregot's Blessing"
"Careful Synthesis II"
"Careful Synthesis II"

Required 374 CP..

So basically, an Alchemy and a Goldsmith is the best next crafting class to level.

[ShinigamiB06]

If your goal is to get high HQ% on 2 Star 40 Durability Craft, here's my recommended skill rotation..

"Comfort Zone"
"Inner Quiet"
"Steady Hand II"
"Waste Not"
"Hasty Touch"
"Hasty Touch"
"Hasty Touch"
"Hasty Touch"
"Manipulation"
"Steady Hand II"
"Waste Not"
"Hasty Touch"
"Hasty Touch"
"Hasty Touch"
"Hasty Touch"
"Steady Hand"
"Great Strides"
"Innovation"
"Ingenuity"
"Byregot's Blessing"
"Careful Synthesis II"
"Careful Synthesis II"

Required 374 CP..

So basically, an Alchemy and a Goldsmith is the best next crafting class to level.

wouldn't it make sense to use comfort zone a second time?

[Astarica]

wouldn't it make sense to use comfort zone a second time?

Since Comfort Zone requires a large amount of CPs up front, it means for the first 8 turns after Comfort Zone you've less (sometimes a lot less) CP. I didn't work out the exact CP for every step but I imagine if an excellent showed up immediately after the second Waste Not, had you used a second Comfort Zone by then, you might not have enough to use Byregot's Blessing at all due to the upfront cost of Comfort Zone depending on how much CP you have. Since a Byregot on an Excellent will nearly certain do 100% HQ, there's no need to take this risk.

[Phonz]

GSM is nice for materia melding your own items and some usefulness out of innovation.

Key abilities at level 50 are --- SHII 37 cul, Careful Synth II, Byregot's Blessing, if you have those in your arsenal plus all cross class abilities (Edit: Lvl 15 cross class abilities) you don't need anything else besides fully melded crafting gear. I find around 360craft/350 control is a very comfortable number for HQ2*100% on even 40/40 synths.



I have never found Ingenuity I to be inadequate for quality or progress. Remember, Ingenuity II does not affect quality. At the end of your hasty touch gambit you will be popping an optimal SHII + GS + Innovation + Ingenuity + Byregot's blessing depending on condition, then finish with careful synth or if you still have SH stack and CP then Standard Synth.

I find WVR, LTW, and ARM to be the most popular in terms of getting commissions for HQ2s

[gryfton]

Is there a rotation that doesn't include Comfort Zone or Careful Synthesis II?

[Roth_Trailfinder]

Is there a rotation that doesn't include Comfort Zone or Careful Synthesis II?

CZ is basically "free" CP, as long as you have enough moves remaining when you use it (does you no good to use it when you have 3 moves left to go to finish the recipe!).
CS2 is basically the "go-to" Synthesis move. It is both more accurate AND more Progress than a Basic Synthesis. It is both more accurate and less CP than a Standard Synthesis (though it is 80% the Progress, at 120% efficiency compared to Standard Synthesis' 150% Efficiency).

If you are serious about crafting at all, you will want to get all the crafting classes to 50 anyway, not only for cross class skills, but to be able to create your own gear and your own materials. That includes Alchemy (hello Terminus Putty, I hate you) and Weaver.