Total Noob at DoH

[NintenPyjak64]

For doing HQ 2 star synths, probably the 3 most important crafts are Weaver at level 50, carpenter 50 and Alchemist 50. I'd recommend weaver first because Careful Synthesis 2 is very very nice. Carpenter has one of the most important skills for HQing, bryegot's blessing. And Alc has Comfort Zone for gear that's under melded for CP. Culinarian to 37 for Steady Hand 2 is a very good idea also.

As you're gearing and skilling up, another skill to take consideration of would be Tricks of the Trade (20 CP back for a Good quality node), though I find myself never using it lately, although I hear it's good for 3 star synths if your melds aren't perfect

For 2 star synths, the minimum melds you need would be 347 Craft, 340 Control, and about 370+ CP with food. Always use HQ equipment for these melds as the stat caps are higher, and do your level 50 class quests for the i55 tool.

And as for materia, ilvl 1-29 equipment gives tier 1, 30-44 gives Higher chance for Tier 2 with chance for tier 1, 45-50(need clerification) gives tier 3 with a chance for tier 2 and an even smaller chance for tier 4, and 55+ is higher chance for tier 4 with a chance of getting tier 3s. From my experience i70 always gives tier 4 materia

Finally for making money: I'm looking into 3 star weaver synths for an attempt to make some money that way, but I've been doing 2 star CUL synths in the mean time to get me some pocket change so I can gear up my Weaver (currently 358/348/344 while using the Artisan's Specs and not using Artisan's Needle)

One HUGE thing I'll recommend to you right now is: For your Armourer or Leatherworker, try gearing one of those up enough for 2 star synths, make 5 of the philo tome items (Darksteel Ingot for ARM or Hard Hippogryph Leather for LTW) and get the Artisan's Spectacles. They're the best hat you can get atm and give 3 Control more then a fully melded i55 hat. The best part is they can be used for ALL DoH jobs. The best accessories you can get also share this property so it makes gearing other DoH jobs easier

[GerMagic]

Thanks so far, trying to comment on your input a bit

First question is what does "under melded for CP" mean?

2 star synth seems far away, I'm not even close to 300/300/300 much less you stats atm, but I guess it's a good thing to aim for.

Thanks for the clarification on the materia's. Guess I'll try and look if that can make me a bit of money potentially.

For the Artisan's Spectacles I got to hit the stats that are stated in my crafter book, right? So I guess I'm gonna try and buy stuff that'll let me reach those stats (if my money lasts for that lol).

So basically my best bet for now is probably

- try to make these Spectacles.
- get weaver, carpenter and Alc cross-class skills.
- hit 347/240/370 to make 2 star synths

in that order, right (not currently on, so not sure if I can even do spectacles before hitting those values, but I think so from your posting^^)? And probably look into materia via jewelry while I'm going for WP or something along those lines.

Thanks so far, got something to try and see how far I can get for now, and will report back
Also happy if there'S any more insight, be it from you or someone else^^

[GerMagic]

Okay, is this really worth it for me atm? To get all the Armorer's greens HQ without any materia I'd have to pay about 130k. The darksteel-ingots for the masters book amout to a whopping 375k. So that'd be half my bankroll just for those, materia still needed^^" the militia(?) off-hand would also be another 30k not to mention whatever mats I'd net for the spectacles :<

I've seen the 2 threads you posted, but they're too advanced for me currently :/ as mentioned above crafting 2 stars is not in reach yet unless I spend all the money x) is that still worth it?