Quote Originally Posted by scarebearz View Post
I used 1 PBP and some rapid synth yeah. Had been some time since I did one of these tokens, so for progress had to guess a bit xD

For this craft I did use BB without steady hands, not something i'd be keen to do on a real craft (4* i110 ect), but for these I think the risk is sometimes worth having to do that. Also the main point was just to prove that you dont *need* good/excellent in order to get a decent enough finishing %. Never had all that many ToT, so I needed to save that CP in order to fully buff my BB ^^
http://www.ffxivcrafter.com/crafting...tor&guid=cbdlp

I tried to reverse engineer what you did as per the screenshot, using the number of steps, CP left and buffs used at the final moments as a guideline. The simulator assumes that everything is 100% success rate and every touch is assumed to hit on normal, which is something to note, and the end result is 54% HQ rate @ 6816 Quality. Assuming that indeed none of the Rapid Synthesis and Hasty Touches failed, it still require a hit on Excellent somewhere in the line (probably mid to later touches) to reach that 8006 final quality (quick ref: your before BB quality is 4971, while on simulator it is 3768).

It is also further noted that this specific example craft would have a 50% failure rate, if not for that ToT proc right after BB for you to have enough CP for a SHII to boost that Rapid Synthesis finishing (which I took into account and did the same in the simulator: ending with 9CP VS your 11CP left after RS). At the same time, 3CZ and 10ToT procs are required if following the steps engineered from the simulator.

I am not sure how correct the simulator is in reflecting this specific run of yours, but it has been make to be as accurate as possible with the total # of steps taken, durability left and the buffs and finishing moves at the end, the amount of risk taken here is really high.

Meanwhile I was the more conservative crafter who baits for a good/excellent Byregot with 10/11IQ or bails with Reclaim I can still recall the amount of headbanging to unlock my WVR/LTW 4* books on day one to churn out the goods for good gil X__X