1% chance of HQ even w/lower quality

[MakiMakaa]

It's not broken, it's the way it is supposed to be.
Getting HQ with normal materials = very difficult;
Getting HQ with HQ materials = very easy;
Getting HQ with mixed materials = easy to difficult;

That way, it is more predictable and helps people looking to HQ their synthesis.
HQ materials are rarer too, there won't be an overflow of HQ items on the market because of it.

I'm happy with the way it is, I'm glad they made the change.

I'd much rather have a skill based system instead of this no skill nonsense. 50% maximum chance of hq is more than enough. 100 is just wrong, especially since it takes almost no skill to get there. In a few weeks the wards will be overflowing with HQ items and make the whole concept worthless.

[Jinko]

I'd much rather have a skill based system instead of this no skill nonsense. 50% maximum chance of hq is more than enough. 100 is just wrong, especially since it takes almost no skill to get there. In a few weeks the wards will be overflowing with HQ items and make the whole concept worthless.

Skill !! ?? the whole crafting system is based on randomness anyway, a few skills do help but its still pretty much a random numbers generator.

You are wrong, it may be easy to HQ low level items, but even using all HQ items its not easy to get lvl 48-50 items to HQ.

[MakiMakaa]

Yes they are also easy. I get those to 80-100% every time.
To make a point:
You HQ electrum ingots about 25% if you use nq items
You HQ the top tier gems about 25% of the time as well with a nq item.
Take your HQ results and you get 80-100% on a HQ ring. You use about 25k in mats.
Now tell me it isn't broken.

About skill:
It used to be that it mattered how much durability was left at the end. Your goal was to get as high quality as possible while still keeping an eye on your durability, because without it you'd still have little chance of actually making a HQ item. That took skill to balance it out like that. Now you just finish with 1 durability and 900 quality and get your free ticket to HQ.