Quote Originally Posted by Ksenia View Post
The HQ/ NQ issue is in our head. Get a set of NQ gear together, craft recipes at the level of the tool. Do the same with HQ gear. The differences are minimal.

Now try and craft recipes above the level of your tool with both sets, even if you are at a level above the recipe. Just like you get no benefit from the desynth of HQ, you get no appreciable benefit from HQ. If anything, you might be wasting stats on HQ because you exceed the hidden bonuses. You just can't convince people that NQ is enough when HQ is available.
that difference is much greater at the higher levels. Wait until you get to 60 and try that. Anything below 60 is pretty close in level to each other, with the exception of level 59 master-book recipes which are a slight bit more difficult than level 59 non-master-book recipes, and level 60 master-book-recipes another tier above that. Then you get to level 60 1-star, and you're blown out of the water and you start to realize that every point matters when you're close to specific break points in reducing 2-3 steps from the craft which can be essential when you're at 2-star.