how to reliably craft HQ now.

[Listrella]

well i'm only level 40 and I don't havee most of those skills yet, how am I supposed to reliably HQ when all I have is basic and standard touch which eats up too much CP and hasty touch which is too unreliable, they said they were making it easy so why the hell did they get rid of steady hand?

[Ksenia]

well i'm only level 40 and I don't havee most of those skills yet, how am I supposed to reliably HQ when all I have is basic and standard touch which eats up too much CP and hasty touch which is too unreliable, they said they were making it easy so why the hell did they get rid of steady hand?

At level 40,

Inner Quiet, Waste Not, 4 x Standard touch. 5 if you only need one Basic Synth to complete otherwise 2 x Basic Synth

If you have HQ mats that will get 100%
If you have the extra CP, throw an Ingenuity in there too.

Inner Quiet, Waste Not, Ingenuity, 4 x Standard touch, Basic Synth x 2


There is no reason you shouldn't have CP for that rotation at 40. Even vendor NQ Mythril accessories will get you enough CP to make that work

[Frizze]

well i'm only level 40 and I don't havee most of those skills yet, how am I supposed to reliably HQ when all I have is basic and standard touch which eats up too much CP and hasty touch which is too unreliable, they said they were making it easy so why the hell did they get rid of steady hand?

When in doubt, get more CP on your gear so you can use more skills. Sure, higher craftsmanship makes your synths more powerful and higher control affects your touches in the same way, but having the CP to just do more of them(or more powerful versions) always ends up being better. And while melding is mostly for endgame gear, you can retrieve any materia up to grade 7 with a 100% return rate, so putting some cheap materia in your guaranteed slots can help a bit too.