Optimal melds for main hand, body, offhand

[Caimie_Tsukino]

Hi Caimie,

Actually it's less than that, no?

i180 Main Hand:
* Craftsmanship: 278
* Control: 149
* CP: 0

i170 Main Hand: (Base Stats, No Materia Yet)
* Craftsmanship: 263
* Control: 141

So the i180 is initially ahead of the Crafted i170 by: +15 Craftsmanship, +8 Control.

To make up for that difference you HAVE blow 4 Slots (out of 5) on the i170 just to catch up and exceed that, with the 5th Slot being CP. So:

* Craftsmanship Tier V: +11
* Craftsmanship Tier V: +11
* Control Tier V: +7
* Control Tier V: +7
* CP Tier IV: +4 CP

That brings you up to: Craftsmanship 285, Control 155, CP 4.

So you only *gain* +7 Craftsmanship, +6 Control, and +4 CP compared to the i180.

That's paltry for blowing Millions and Millions on Tier V Forbidden Melding IMHO.

*LIKE*
You're absolutely right! Even though the cap is high, I forgot even with Tier V, one can't max all them stats! It's totally NOT worth it! I do value that 4 CP a lot from the crafted mainhand though, just because I actually find good use of it a lot of times.

From my experience in manual crafting, 478 CP is 1 CP short for me in a lot of situations. In macro crafting, I also have a number of rotations that utilizes 469 CP, and one rotation that uses 472 CP. I'm just too much of a CP fan, LOL!

This right here is one of the main reasons I rushed Crafting Endgame first. Crafting materia was insanely low prior to Heavensward and up until about 2 months into it. To be fair though, the current materia prices on my server are 1/3rd this price even after the recent increase in general Crafting interest.

Meh, I totally missed the cheap materia window! LOL! It's ok. What's done is done! XD

Also do you need to max meld the rings? I went for IV Command, IV Cunning, III Command, III Competence and finish with a II/III Competence. That puts you what? 1 Control less than cap?

Right, there's no need to max that 1 tad bit of control. I have forfeited 1 control for most of my i170 gear. I maxed my rings because those were my very first i170s, and at that time Command IV were only 100K each.

[Katchoo]

Right, there's no need to max that 1 tad bit of control. I have forfeited 1 control for most of my i170 gear. I maxed my rings because those were my very first i170s, and at that time Command IV were only 100K each.

Exactly. Thing is, losing out on one or two stats on bits of gear these days is way less of an issue than what it was because we have much more choice when it comes to food. We can now get more CP than Bouillabaisse gave us AND give ourselves a big boost in either Craftmanship (Baked Onion Soup) or Controll (seafood stew).

[Mature]

I spent nearly 6 million melding all accessories and belt altogether. Fully melded. I got all MH and OT but I'm not touching them until 3.2. I wanna see the next range of craftable items before I start melding