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.