Quote Originally Posted by Caimie_Tsukino View Post
2 star items require 718 Craftsmanship & 695 Control, but you cannot achieve these with melding alone on i150 gear. You will need to meld + use either Seafood Stew HQ or Baked Onion Soup HQ to reach the stats.
You can, actually http://ffxiv.ariyala.com/RQBQ
But it's not a great idea to spend millions in materia melding I suppose...I think a good balance would be buying the ilvl180 main tool and the perform some melding in the first 3-4 slots.