Quote Originally Posted by shanvhere View Post
I spent countless hours spirit bonding my gear for the Gil\\'s, I just felt dishearten I spent so much work to be stuck. I appreciate the help as I\\'m reading to fill my need to become a better crafter
I can understand the pain of losing the gil, but the game isn't designed to screw you over.. I'm glad you're not giving up on it because crafting will help you make it all back and then some.

Only way I can describe it is.. Unless you come up with one of the most optimized solution, it will give you a hard time because 8 stacks of IQ vs. 9 stacks vs. 10 vs. 11 are all WORLDS apart, so even improving a 11HT rotation to a 12HT rotation is a drastic improvement.

scarebearz' guideline is actually pretty accurate and concise, and that actually applies to all 3-4star crafts as well as the token..

for example 3 star rotation goes PbP RS RS -> Quality touches -> GS -> Byregots -> CS2
4 star goes PbP RS RS -> Quality touches -> GS -> Byregots -> CS2 -> CS2.
token is something like PbP PbP RS RS -> Quality touches -> GS -> Byregots -> CS2

So it's all similar, you basically have to account for 10 extra durability out of 3 star to make 4 stars, and take 10 more out of that to make the token etc..
So if you get enough practice with 3 star crafting (terminus putty, wolfram ingot are cheap to practice on) you should get the feel for it.