Any tips for semi-reliably crafting 2* items for new main hand?

[Lenarr]

I just finished the 50 Spirits of Salt for the ALC mainhand. I got about 90% HQ using 1 HQ Volcanic Rock Salt per synthesis. craft/control was 352/345 and CP was 386. You can get by with CP 375 if you change the last SH to SH2 and the ST to BT. You need 352 craft to get the needed 105 per CS2 to get to 419 with 4 CS2's. You can get by with control less than 345.

macro1:
/echo -------------------------------------------------------
/action "Comfort Zone" <me> <wait.2>
/action "Inner Quiet" <me> <wait.2>
/action "Steady Hand II" <me> <wait.2>
/action "Waste Not II" <me> <wait.2>
/action "Hasty Touch" <me> <wait.3>
/action "Hasty Touch" <me><wait.3>
/action "Hasty Touch" <me> <wait.3>
/action "Hasty Touch" <me> <wait.3>
/action "Ingenuity II" <me> <wait.2>
/action "Careful Synthesis II" <me> <wait.3>
/action "Careful Synthesis II" <me> <wait.3>
/action "Careful Synthesis II" <me> <wait.3>
/action "Comfort Zone" <me> <wait.2>
/echo *Master80a Complete* <se.7>

macro2:
/action "Steady Hand II" <me> <wait.2>
/action "Waste Not" <me> <wait.2>
/action "Hasty Touch" <me> <wait.3>
/action "Hasty Touch" <me> <wait.3>
/action "Hasty Touch" <me> <wait.3>
/action "Hasty Touch" <me> <wait.3>
/action "Steady Hand" <me> <wait.2>
/action "Ingenuity II" <me> <wait.2>
/action "Innovation" <me> <wait.2>
/action "Standard Touch" <me> <wait.3>
/action "Great Strides" <me> <wait.3>
/action "Byregot's Blessing" <me> <wait.3>
/action "Careful Synthesis II" <me> <wait.3>
/echo **Master80b complete** <se.10>

Since it's not 100% HQ to start with, I haven't worried about things like the small chance of a poor condition on the BB.

ETA: I've tried a variety of other rotations, and this is the best I've come up with or found, at least when you need to get a lot of quality. Others seem ok when you start with a lot of HQ materials. According to the crafting simulator, this rotation is still almost 60% chance of HQ even starting at 0 quality.

[Kakure]

Here's a 10x Hasty Touch rotation. It requires 352 craft and ~368 CP.

I think I am 60/62 with well-melded WVR and 25/32 with minimally melded CUL using this rotation, not counting user errors (I haven't really played in a few months so I am pretty rusty):

Comfort Zone
Inner Quiet
Steady Hand II
Waste Not II
Hasty Touch x 5
Steady Hand II
Hasty Touch x 5
Manipulation
Steady Hand
Great Strides
Innovation
Ingenuity II
Byregot's Blessing
Careful Synthesis II x 4

If you get Good condition after CZ or IQ, use Tricks of the Trade and replace a HT on Good/Excellent condition with Basic Touch.

If you get Excellent condition anytime after Steady Hand, use Byregot's Blessing.

My CUL doesn't have enough craftsmanship to finish in 4x CS II, so I replace the tenth HT with CS unless I proc TotT after CZ, IQ, HT#9, or Manipulation. In that case, I replace the first CS II with Standard Synthesis.

[Tannlore]

I've honestly had a major problem crafting reliably since the patch and it is really annoying me. Before the patch I was able to HQ things like Vanya silk without issue... now I just can't.

The biggest problem is I'm running out of CP and I don't know why. I haven't changed what I do at all, but now I just don't have enough CP to complete the process.

[ImDingDing]

I've honestly had a major problem crafting reliably since the patch and it is really annoying me. Before the patch I was able to HQ things like Vanya silk without issue... now I just can't.

The biggest problem is I'm running out of CP and I don't know why. I haven't changed what I do at all, but now I just don't have enough CP to complete the process.

Because you need at least 4 steps to finish the progress of the 2-star tomes and u used to only need one with vanya silk. 3 durability is 88 CP

[Tannlore]

Because you need at least 4 steps to finish the progress of the 2-star tomes and u used to only need one with vanya silk. 3 durability is 88 CP

I'm talking 2 star recipes though. I was finally able to use the same macros I used before 2.2 but with HQ bouillabase. This left me 4 cp extra in the end where I didn't need that before. Something had the cost raised but I don't know what.

[NintenPyjak64]

Snip

I tried this macro and adjusted it for 375 CP. I'm at 352 Craft 341 Control 379 CP (After HQ Bouillabase) on my CUL and can HQ the relish 99% of the time (NQ'd one with 92% Quality... /cry)

Also using all 4 mats HQ as a safety net

EDIT: The macro just helped me get my Artisan Specs~ Working on the new main hand

[Faeye]

I'm talking 2 star recipes though. I was finally able to use the same macros I used before 2.2 but with HQ bouillabase. This left me 4 cp extra in the end where I didn't need that before. Something had the cost raised but I don't know what.

SE changed how IngenuityI / II work. That's probably the contributor to your shortage of CP.
If you manually makes those Vanya Silk, you still can HQ with less requirement. My base statats 348 Craft, 342 Control and 339 CP.

[NyneAlexander]

SE changed how IngenuityI / II work. That's probably the contributor to your shortage of CP.
If you manually makes those Vanya Silk, you still can HQ with less requirement. My base statats 348 Craft, 342 Control and 339 CP.

They also said that the changes to Ingenuity/II shouldn't effect synths that were available previous to patch 2.2

[Simaril]

I tried this macro and adjusted it for 375 CP. I'm at 352 Craft 341 Control 379 CP (After HQ Bouillabase) on my CUL and can HQ the relish 99% of the time (NQ'd one with 92% Quality... /cry)

Also using all 4 mats HQ as a safety net

EDIT: The macro just helped me get my Artisan Specs~ Working on the new main hand

NQ'd 1 with 92% and another with 96%. I was 10/12 HQ with 92% being the lowest chance I ever saw I feel like there should be 0% 50% and 100% beacuse everything else is meaningless - or maybe just 0% and 100%.

I want to design a game, and replace RNG with something more fair and equitable.