The Culling of the Weak

[dspguy]

The idea is probably for us to upgrade the head/body/hands/legs/feet/off-hand first. Fully meld those (buy your materia now). Then attempt this with either the artisan tool or supra. I'm just going to guess that the supra is no needed, but will likely give a big advantage to its users. Maybe one less progress tick? I'm still trying to wrap my head around a rotation for that. 801 progress? Nearly 9000 quality? Needing about 7500 quality to guarantee HQ?

Is it just me, or are they trying to push crafting more in the direction of FFXI? Relying on the RNG to HQ? I think getting to 6k will be a stretch, unless the new artisan pieces are a huge increase to craft/control. Or are they assuming we'll need an excellent on BB to HQ it?

Edit: I just realized all these items are called "Artisan X." If they wind up being like the other i70 Artisan items, then no melds on them. Will they even be upgrades?