can someone explain why piece by piece is useful for the 3 star crafts?

[Ddmk]

Try making a summon bell without it

Spoiler alert: you won't be able to

[Cherie]

Piece by piece is for the 3 star furniture. Sure, you could use it for 3 star armors, but you are just burning CP faster than you need to, in my opinion at least.

What Ddmk said for 3 star furniture though, you'd have to be rather lucky to do it without a couple piece by piece thrown in. It's rather funny to see someone try to make one for the first time... 0.o "Oh dear lord, the bar isn't moving.... IT ISN'T MOVING?!?!"

My first 3 star furniture that I was asked to make was one of the white raven pieces.... so yea, I was sweating just a little bit! It's not like furniture was ever a challenge to make until then, so it is amusing to find that they can be tricky once you hit the 3 stars.

[tremor24]

CZ>IQ>Ingenuity2>Waste Not>CSx6>CZ>SH2>Waste Not2>Hastyx4>SH2>Hastyx3>Manipulation>SH2>Hastyx2>SH2>Great Strides>(Innovation if 1ToTT)>Ingenuity 2(2 ToTT)>Byregot's>CS2


-- There is a little more to it than that, but its on a per craft basis...I'm sure you can figure it out if you try

Ingenuity2 > Waste Not > CSx6 is 40 durability + 10 durability for the CSII at the end for a total of 50 durability and only costs 88 CP (Ing2 is 32CP and Waste Not is 56 CP).

The alternative is: Steady Hand > Piece by Piece x2 and at the end of the craft use Ingenuity2 (which you use anyway) > Innovation > Byregot's > CS2x3, this also takes 50 durability for the complete progress and costs only 52 CP for the progress cost (Steady Hand is 22CP and Piece by Piece is 15CP twice) since the Ing2 already being use for Byregot's is also being used for progress and no additional cost.

Using this you will always be able to finish using Ingenuity 2 without relying on Tricks of the trade because of the saved CP.

[Billzey]

CZ>IQ>Ingenuity2>Waste Not>CSx6>CZ>SH2>Waste Not2>Hastyx4>SH2>Hastyx3>Manipulation>SH2>Hastyx2>SH2>Great Strides>(Innovation if 1ToTT)>Ingenuity 2(2 ToTT)>Byregot's>CS2


-- There is a little more to it than that, but its on a per craft basis...I'm sure you can figure it out if you try

This rotation looks terrible to me. Do you really only use 9 hasty touches, or is it dependent on good procs? 9 hasty touches, even if they all succeed, is not enough to HQ 3-star with NQ materials, and using all HQ materials is a waste of gil and unnecessary.

[AttacKat]

is not enough to HQ 3-star with NQ materials, and using all HQ materials is a waste of gil and unnecessary.

Is there a rotation for 3 star HQ crafting using ONLY NQ mats? Please share ...

jc

[Alistaire]

Try making a summon bell without it

Spoiler alert: you won't be able to

I did it once, not summoning bell but some other one with the same difficulty, first time on a craft and forgot to set PbP. Was rough. Never again.