Synth/Craft Guide Part 2: Input

[twinkles]

update- keep getting really great feedback which means sections are getting longer,also some rl work piling up, so looks like the guide2 will be pushed into early july.

[Alzelia]

update- keep getting really great feedback which means sections are getting longer,also some rl work piling up, so looks like the guide2 will be pushed into early july.

Yoshida???

( Seriously take your time, sounds like it will be good!)

[Atothus]

Does raising element affinity to match the shards used have any affect?

[twinkles]

that is a good one, ive seen results that say no. But certainly something i can test out. Like testing no wind affinity vs max, on something that just uses wind shards/crystals. Thanks Atothus.

[twinkles]

^^Haha i thought that as i wrote it

[Narako]

Thank you Twinkles for the guide!!
I saw your video and I have a question.
While you are crafting you use the proper tools for your level (carpenter rank 33) but you wear a hi-lvl equip (dodore doublet for example). Why?
What effects does hi-lvl equip have on low lvl synthesis?
Does the hi-lvl equip work equally? better?

Bye Narako

[twinkles]

Thank you Twinkles for the guide!!
I saw your video and I have a question.
While you are crafting you use the proper tools for your level (carpenter rank 33) but you wear a hi-lvl equip (dodore doublet for example). Why?
What effects does hi-lvl equip have on low lvl synthesis?
Does the hi-lvl equip work equally? better?

Bye Narako

Good question, /deepbreath convoluted answer inc. Going to do this as numbered points

1. The benefit of stats from gear does not depreciate to the extreme that using a tool above rank does. For items that say "all classes" this affect is even more pronounced. In some cases using above rank items gives better stats specifically gear taht says "for all classes" or "for all DOH classes".
2. Tools that hit yellow/red decrease in crafting effectiveness while armor/rings etc do not(armor simply loses def when red/yellow). So the "penalty" for wearing gear above rank is pretty irrelevant. The penalty i am refering to is increased pace that gear loses durability.
3. The final reason is inventory. I simply can't store all the rank ranges worth of gear.