Making Militia & AF for the first time

[Sadana]

* 295 craft
* 288 control
* 311 CP (+33 from HQ fish soup)

Wait a minute, how did you get those stats with this gear? I logged out on GSM last night. I think it's pretty average stat-wise for my DoH classes. I have:
281 Craft
273 Control
310 CP

There's a big difference...

I'm not keen on using the mats needed to make a NQ green tool I'll use once. Seems like a real waste.

So is it technically impossible (outside of getting really lucky) to make HQ green DoH items without already having the green gear?

[QuCont]

Wait a minute, how did you get those stats with this gear? I logged out on GSM last night. I think it's pretty average stat-wise for my DoH classes. I have:
281 Craft
273 Control
310 CP

There's a big difference...

I'm not keen on using the mats needed to make a NQ green tool I'll use once. Seems like a real waste.

So is it technically impossible (outside of getting really lucky) to make HQ green DoH items without already having the green gear?

That was probably with the militia tool. You're are still perfectly fine. Your HQ% goes down to 84%, but anything above 80% is usually HQ. You can raise your chances by using HQ materials too. It'll be a gamble with the one-star ones but you should be able to HQ the other stuff like cloth and threads fairly easily.