Best materia setup for crafters?

[KreepnOnaComeUp]

whats best for lvl 50 off hand GSM

[Raldo]

Offhand (HQ Militia): 19 Craftsmanship; 11 Control; 3 CP
- It is impossible to reach all the stat caps on this, so it's your pick what you meld.

You can reach all the 2-star stat thresholds without melding anything at all onto your offhand, so most people would recommend Control/CP on the offhand, however if you're not max-melding everything, you can choose to throw Craftsmanship on it if you prefer.

[SchalaZeal]

You can reach all the 2-star stat thresholds without melding anything at all onto your offhand, so most people would recommend Control/CP on the offhand, however if you're not max-melding everything, you can choose to throw Craftsmanship on it if you prefer.

I max meld every accessory and every AF piece except the body.

Then put Craftsmanship +5 x2 on body, and x1 on offhand to hit 358 craftsmanship.
Gives me enough to HQ 2-star without food for 80 durability, without using Hasty Touch. But I lack CP (with 345) to HQ 1-star mats.

[Alistaire]

I would say make a note at the start of the OP about meld order just to look on your server's AH and go most expensive to least for order. On Sargatanas a craftmanship tier 1 is actually more expensive than a CP tier 2 so some of those orders might be flipped a bit.

[Ronyx]

Anyone have a Materia setup for Gathering Jobs too? There must be like a camp on perception I guess to reach 15% on Star items and maybe a cap on Gathering as well to almost reach 100% chance.

[Raldo]

Anyone have a Materia setup for Gathering Jobs too?

DoL subforum... currently thread #4...
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...ciples-of-Land

[ubik2]

I created a spreadsheet based on one from Whiskers Siren where I have a tab for the prices of materia, and you can try out a few options to see the relative costs. Figured I'd mention it here in case it's handy for anyone else.

I don't account for the fact that higher grade materia has a lower meld chance, and if you want to include the cost of the carbonized matter, that should just be included directly in the numbers on the Materia Cost sheet.

Probably best to make a copy so you can tweak numbers yourself.

I also added a sheet for DoL melding.

Link: spreadsheet

[kaura]

I am able to 100% HQ two star recipes without overmelding any of the class specific items. By overmelding my accessorries only, I am able to reach 347 craftsmanship, 334 control, and 325 CP (367 with Food). Also this setup does not require any Level IV materia. I also didnt need to place any materia in my boots so when they spiritbond I just make new ones and sell the materia created. I would focus on maxing out your accessories since those are shared, unless you are only doing one or two crafts.

[Seshomaru]

I recently saw someone Meld 7 control into alchemist head piece with Control + IV materia and Control + III Materia and I have a screen shot to prove just don't know how to link it. Any way My Alchemist Head piece has 5 Control melded Control III Craftsmanship II and Control II and it says if i try another control Materia its not going to give me anymore so did the Materia caps change?

[Matsume]

I recently saw someone Meld 7 control into alchemist head piece with Control + IV materia and Control + III Materia and I have a screen shot to prove just don't know how to link it. Any way My Alchemist Head piece has 5 Control melded Control III Craftsmanship II and Control II and it says if i try another control Materia its not going to give me anymore so did the Materia caps change?

maybe they melded 7 control into a NQ head piece wheras yours might be HQ and have +2 control base stat over the NQ version?