New Info From Letter from the Producer LIVE Part XXX Digest

[RosalindDex]

That's showing 839 Craftsmanship, 810 Control, 449 CP (with Bouillabaisse). In Control II brings you up to the 820 Control needed, but aren't you still 11 Craftsmanship short of the 3-star requirements?

Even switching to Seafood Stew and Eat from the Hand II only brings you to 849/841/456, so you're still 1 Craftsmanship short.

Obviously it's not a huge deal to overmeld 1-2 more materia, but I can't see a way to do it without any overmelds using only IV materia. You can also switch to Seafood Stew and use the now-easy-to-acquire i180 body to reach 853/838/456 without either FC buff.

Absolutely, I had a blonde moment, use Baked Onion Soup there rather than Bouillabaisse and that'll push you over the craftsmanship cap (but saved it before I made that change). Sorry.

http://ffxiv.ariyala.com/UBDD Reflects that change.

[Ibi]

Got it. Yeah, that'll work with the FC buff, and you can go the other route or do a couple of overmelds to make up the difference if you can't get the FC buffs.

[Ibi]

Absolutely, I had a blonde moment, use Baked Onion Soup there rather than Bouillabaisse and that'll push you over the craftsmanship cap (but saved it before I made that change). Sorry.

http://ffxiv.ariyala.com/UBDD Reflects that change.

Looking at the patch notes again, I'm not sure how ideal this is.

Although the primary (main hand) tools are undergoing the red-to-blue change, the secondary (offhand) tools aren't listed in that section, so you'd still be paying full price for those, which likely isn't worth it.

[RosalindDex]

Looking at the patch notes again, I'm not sure how ideal this is.

Although the primary (main hand) tools are undergoing the red-to-blue change, the secondary (offhand) tools aren't listed in that section, so you'd still be paying full price for those, which likely isn't worth it.

Good spot, HQ i170 Offhands with 2 control IV (1 Overmeld) make up for it.