Quote Originally Posted by Yves View Post
Actually, to shed some light on the question I once heard a rumor that magic craftsmanship is for success while craftsmanship is for quality. I decided to screw around with this on carp, bsm, arm, gsm, and alchemy. I varied the synths and spent only about an hour or two with each and, after screwing around, found the rumor to appear true. Then again, who knows with this game?!

That's just my experience with some shallow testing.
but this contradicts with dev posts, and in game description, seems a bit off the in game description to be wrong.