Amount of HQ items RIDONCULOUS!

[pochte]

as someone who crafts a lot, it takes maybe 5-10 mins to go through the process of hqing an item. those who are able to hq have a lot of patience, since most of the time the mats have to be hq or you have to have almost all your crafts at 50.

[Ksenia]

as someone who crafts a lot, it takes maybe 5-10 mins to go through the process of hqing an item. those who are able to hq have a lot of patience, since most of the time the mats have to be hq or you have to have almost all your crafts at 50.

Even NQ to HQ is a process.
Basilisk Egg to Basilisk Whetstone:

Comfort Zone, Inner Quiet, Steady Hand II, Great Strides, Innovation, Adv Touch, Great Strides, Adv Touch, Steady Hand II, Great Strides, Innovation, Byregot's Blessing, Careful Synthesis II. It has base 88% with no condition influence. Throw in a good and it's 100%.

Pretty "easy" but do it 30 or 40 times. It eats a lot of time up. There is a reason people are at the MB looking for them. They don't want to do it.