Quote Originally Posted by Kayo View Post
Im sort of a crafting newbie so this may be a silly question (still leveling up GSM and CUL) but isnt the best way to get HQ by manually doing it? Far as I can tell the condition of the progress is random per action so there is no way of knowing when a 'Good' or 'Excellent' will pop up. Am I missing something?
Once you've got enough crafting stats (artisan's/supra tool, fully melded gear, etc.), there are rotations that make the condition not matter. You'll be mathematically guaranteed to HQ no matter how many Goods, Excellents or Poors you do or don't get. Generally the only thing you might have to watch for is Excellent toward the end of the Quality phase, where if you get Excellent, you use Byergot's Blessing, then Ingenuity I/II (or something), and if you don't get Excellent, you use Ingenuity I/II, then Byregot's Blessing (so that your BB doesn't happen on a Poor).