2.4 Crafting and Gathering Megathread - Max Melds & Rotations

[TomTom1968]

Anybody already crafted any offhands? I did my first one today and failed at 31% using Supra tool and all other items from 2.3 (418 Craft/392 Control) using my regular 3 star item rotation. :-(

I had a bit of bad luck with Hasty touch but it still felt like it is hard to HQ them even if not 5 out of 9 would have failed. But it is hard to tell with so many fails after all so I don't know for real. I was unpleasantly surprised to see that even after getting all three items in HQ that are possible (including Wolfram) it lead to a woppin' 4% start quality. What rotation did you use to HQ one of them and what are your stats?

[Nyalia]

Anybody already crafted any offhands? I did my first one today and failed at 31% using Supra tool and all other items from 2.3 (418 Craft/392 Control) using my regular 3 star item rotation. :-(

You have two options when you get unlucky like you did: Take a 69% chance of NQ, or Reclaim and take a 10% chance of losing everything. I'd have reclaimed, personally, and if the reclaim failed, I'd stop crafting for a while. If you can't use the NQ one usefully, have someone with 100 desynth skill of the right type (CRP/BSM) desynth it for you. Someone you trust! You can get back Echtal Sealant, though it's not a guaranteed chance. I feel like there's a chance you can even get HQ sealant back, which would either raise your chances a ton, or you could sell it for a fortune.

Thankfully, I've HQed both of my offhands that I've made so far. One was 80%, the other was 100%. It all comes down to luck. I would still recommend HQing all of the base materials, as that 650 base quality is much better than 0, though it still sucks. A lot.