The 3 Star Crafting Rotations - General Compilation

[mayonnegg]

It's one extra piece by piece at the start, so you have one fewer move to add quality on.

*edit* 64 steps??? How???

Do you use rumination or something?

[Koroem]

It's one extra piece by piece at the start, so you have one fewer move to add quality on.

This is the rotation I've been using posted over at the ffxivguild.com website. Can I safely just replace any of the Hasty touch in this rotation with a piece by piece as long as that piece by piece falls under a steady hands to hit the 667? Or is there a more optimal way to do it?

• 1) Comfort Zone (Tricks?)
• 2) Inner Quiet (Tricks?)
• 3) Steady Hand II
• 4) Waste Not II
• 5) Hasty Touch
• 6) Hasty Touch
• 7) Hasty Touch
• 8) Hasty Touch
• 9) Steady Hand II
• 10) Hasty Touch
• 11) Hasty Touch
• 12) Hasty Touch
• 13) Hasty Touch
• 14) Hasty Touch
• 15) Manipulation (Tricks?)
• 16) Steady Hand (Tricks?)***
• 17) Piece by Piece
• 18) Great Strides
• 19) Piece by Piece**
• 20) Ingenuity II
• 21) Byregot’s Blessing
• 22) Careful Synthesis II
• 23) Careful Synthesis II
• 24) Careful Synthesis II

[mayonnegg]

stuff

I'm really not keen on Waste Nots near the start, especiall not Waste Not II. Waste Not II is 7 or 8 steps where you can't use tricks of the trade, and tricks of the trade is really useful. When I craft any 3-star gear I just start off with 2 piece by piece, using every trick of the trade possible, the 160 cp move to regain durability, then if i've got the cp after that I'll use a waste not 1/steady hand 2 for a couple of extra potential inner quiet stacks. Replacing any hasty touches towards the end with basic/standard touches, or extra great strides even. Just leave 128 cp for the final Byregot's bomb, or 110 without innovation.

[Fince]

requires 398CP and 416 craftsmanship.

416 craftsmanship allows you to replace 1 pbp with a cs2. this is effectively 15 additional CP available in your rotation. you will need a supra or FC craftsmanship buff and everything max melded. then your offhand must have at least 12 craftsmanship.

progress looks like : pbp (146) + 4x cs2 (75) = (446)

1. Comfort Zone *
2. Inner Quiet *
3. Waste Not I
4. Steady Hand II
5. Piece by Piece
6. Hasty Touch
7. Hasty Touch #
8. Hasty Touch #
9. Hasty Touch *
10. Steady Hand II $
11. Hasty Touch $
12. Hasty Touch $
13. Hasty Touch $
14. Hasty Touch *
15. Master's Mend II *
16. Steady Hand II
17. Hasty Touch
18. Hasty Touch
19. Great Strides
20. Ingenuity II
21. Byregot's Blessing
22. Careful Synthesis II
23. Careful Synthesis II
24. Careful Synthesis II
25. Careful Synthesis II

* - Tricks of Trade opportunities
# - (Steady Hand block 1) - take one Trick after the marked steps as able then do five Hasty Touch in block 2)
$ - (Steady Hand block 2) - use one Trick here if no Trick was used in block 1)

[Fince]

Taking some queues from Elasia, I've explored some CP over-subscription sequences based around 416 craftsmanship and 398 CP.

i'm no fan of crafting macros. mainly because my DSL is pooh. so i'm gonna go for a more visual presentation. i think we can all figure out where the Tricks opportunities can be found so i won't try to spoon feed that. so here are some scenarios.


1 Tricks of the Trade


2 Tricks of the Trade


3 Tricks of the Trade


These are some scenarios based on ability choices that seem likely to me. but i know this could benefit from some thoughtful scrutiny.

Surely some of the Pro crafters are realizing benefit of only needing one PbP in 3-Star recipes, so how are you taking advantage ?


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