o.O Overkill on the crafting Dumb down?

[NoctisUmbra]

But what about Quality increasing Ability now? They are useless in making Finished Item. Careful Synthesis too, because I don't see why anyone in their sane mind would be using anything other than Standard spam on HQ.

Yup.

Those will be quite important for making HQ materials. By the time you gather your HQ ingredients for your final synth, you have essentially put in all the necessary effort, thus the final synth will just be about completion.

They're making HQ mats much more difficult to obtain, but making it so crafting an HQ final item is easy once that condition is met. It's relocating difficulty.