Steps to take to craft

[Ksenia]

http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest...acter/1445972/

I'm 50x8 in craft and I can tell you that at no point can you create a two star or even one star rotation from just the action bars to push out HQ all the time.

It's all in the Materia and having a suit with enough CP to complete a rotation and enough control and craftsmanship to move progress and quality in a certain number of steps.All the praise of Byregot's Blessing, while it's a good skill, it's a cheap advanced touch really if you are using it with a base suit. Ingenuity II doesn't turn a synth in to a cake walk. It all comes back to getting your suit HQ and Materia capped.

HQ from NQ up to felt? No problem. HQ from NQ up to Platinum Ingots? No problem. Once the stars arrive it's a whole other matter. I need three Careful Synthesis II just to complete a Darksteel Nugget or a twin thread or a Gold. I just don't have the craftsmanship to get the job done without Materia.

[Simaril]

http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest...acter/1445972/

I'm 50x8 in craft and I can tell you that at no point can you create a two star or even one star rotation from just the action bars to push out HQ all the time.

It's all in the Materia and having a suit with enough CP to complete a rotation and enough control and craftsmanship to move progress and quality in a certain number of steps.All the praise of Byregot's Blessing, while it's a good skill, it's a cheap advanced touch really if you are using it with a base suit. Ingenuity II doesn't turn a synth in to a cake walk. It all comes back to getting your suit HQ and Materia capped.

HQ from NQ up to felt? No problem. HQ from NQ up to Platinum Ingots? No problem. Once the stars arrive it's a whole other matter. I need three Careful Synthesis II just to complete a Darksteel Nugget or a twin thread or a Gold. I just don't have the craftsmanship to get the job done without Materia.

I think Ksenia may have misunderstood the original post; You said you "don't want to waste materials," and I think she read it as "materias."


Yes, materia are important, and her advice seems good.


I think the original post was accurate, that using macros is likely to waste materials. "excellent" condition can be too valuable to waste, and blowing CP on an expensive touch during "poor" condition can be wasteful - macros can't account for that, nor can it count for those great opportunities to use tricks of the trade.

[Mitski]

It all comes back to getting your suit HQ and Materia capped.

Reaching materia cap is unnecessary. The minimum craftsmanship to create the Vanya Silk (347) is more than enough to complete any synth.