2* hq macro (all nq mats/no rng skills) - Extremely high stats required

[Fince]

this is the new search for the holy grail of crafting in my opinion.

i arrived at the OP's sequence while piddling at work (as i am now) last week in advance of finishing my tools this past tuesday. maker's sequence to 100% is long of course. havn't had any success getting more than the Muscle Memory > (ING2) 4xCS2 sequence with anything using name/brand.

which is disappointing.. not giving up yet. if its going to happen i think it'll be around 1025 crafts to get all progress with something (no muscle memory) like SH2 > ING2 > Byregot > Name > Brand > Brand > CS2 > CS2

[Fince]

theres this.. its decent but certainly misses the mark. yes it does look a lot like another sequence you've probably seen before..

[Fince]

another contender

[Katlyna]

Heres another modified version of it with elements, which will drastically reduce the needed stats, bump the Cp-requirement up by 1 to 425. Notice 2 Things:

1. Ingenuity I is used and since the simulator cant make the difference, the craftmanship 921 is too low. My Guess would be around 940-960.
2. 1 Hasty Touch is in there, which can be replaced with startingquality(+1000?). Due to CP restraints we cannot replace it with an BT.



prob can be used with HQ-items are provided to bump up the startingquality, which is common.

Oh Maria interesting. So you flipped back to using mucle memory at the start to shave off one brand (saving an SH) very smart.

[Espritduo]

I now have 1006 Craftsmanship, 988 Control, and 430 CP base on my Alc (with specialist) and decided to test this rotation out with some Camphor. It works! Even with no Good procs or HQ mats at all, it still hits 100% HQ and 100% progress with no grade V overmelds! Huzzah, HQ Luminous Fibers for all!

The reality is these stats are not hard at all to meld for, at least on your specialists, with the plethora of sources for Grade IV's now and the periodic Grade V dumps from the moogle rank ups. I would definitely suggest melding with an eye towards this, since traditionally control has been the pain in the ass to hit cap with and this build heavily stacks control without really skimping on Craftsmanship all that much either. And there's always Baked Onion Soup if the Craftsmanship requirements for 4-star ending up being so ludicrous that this build doesn't meet them (extremely unlikely).

[_Kakera_]

and 430 CP base

Did you need all 480 CP or only 474 CP? Because if it's the latter then I've toyed around with a build that tried to maximize melds on shared pieces, minimize melds on tools, kept in mind to not use Soul of the Crafter for the stats boost (so that way even non-specs can use it) while also avoiding any V melds that weren't on 100% success slots. I used your old build as template, modifying the melds accordingly and I think I have something decent to hit exactly the stats required.

http://ffxiv.ariyala.com/URY2

Keep in mind this is probably even more able to be optimized by turning, say, +4 Control and +2 Control (both on fifth slots) into +3 Control and +3 Control. Depends on the price materia goes for and all and if you aren't afraid of melding possibly more expensive materia on tools.

[Espritduo]

You only need 474 CP, so you can give up one CP IV if needed. And while that build meets Craftsmanship, it's a bit low on the Control which needs 1018 to hit 100% HQ (my 988 control was without food). Should work fine with just one HQ mat though.

And after using these stats for a while, I'm loving what I can do! I can 100% HQ 1-stars with no food and no HQ mats. I can 100% 2-stars with no HQ mats, and 100% even 3 and 3.5-star with just one HQ mat going in as long as I get 2 goods during Maker's Mark (or use 2 Hasty Touches if I get no goods). Goodbye RNG! (until 3.4)

[_Kakera_]

Ahh, yeah, you're right. Somehow I missed the food. In that case it'd be pretty hard to get the stats without Soul of the Crafter, might need some more Vs even.

[AishaNymph]

tested it with 1017 control , missing 2 point of quality to reach 100%

[tayler1480]

tested it with 1017 control , missing 2 point of quality to reach 100%

Thanks for testing this ^^