New 3 Star Weapons

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445 -1/3 is 297
297 -1/3 is 198
198 -1/3 is 132
132 -1/3 is 88

Elemental aspects cut your synthesis moves in half. Brands are basic syntheses, that have double results when under the right aspect, negating that. Ingenuity affects them the same way it affects other syntheses. That is why you are better off starting with 4 PbP.

Can you explain a little more here? Your saying 4 PbP and 3 CS2's under IG2 would be more optimal? Or are you saying 4 PbP and the Brand Abilities (1-3) ? If we were to use 4 PbP by your calculations above that would leave us with 88 progress remaining meaning 3 CSII's under IGII would finish it. Why use the brand abilities at all then?

Also do these aspected recipes cut PbP progress in half as they do the other skills? Or is PbP seperate from this issue? Perhaps thats why 4 PbP would be more optimal.