Non Pimped Gear Recipe Gear Rotation Help

[GatorWPB]

Tried to delete post because I found some better rotations,

Im sort of in the same boat as you. What rotations did you find?

[mpd49]

Keep forgetting to use CP food, at work now gonna try when I get home. I think my base stats are good enough to attempt (was using food to boost control/craftsmanship). Gonna skip using innovation, seems to never work and I waste a turn, CP and Great Strides. Also going to make sure to use HQ material (for Hard Hippo that's Hippo Leather). CZ, IQ, SH2, WN2, HT x 4, ST 2, HT x 3, Manipulation, ST2, GS,, Ingenuity 2, BB, CS2. Not sure if that will work, but better than what I was doing I think. Excellent is my nemesis though. And also afraid this won't get me to completion (control looks better, fearful the actual progress might not be enough). Stinks wasting 9 animal fat, takes forever to get those things.

[LineageRazor]

Excellent is my nemesis though.

Excellent shouldn't be your nemesis. The only time it can even be a problem is if it pops up in the step before BB - and if it does, simply use BB before you use Ing 2. The boost to quality Ing 2 gives you is FAR less than the boost Excellent quality gives you, so you still come out ahead.

I guess it could also mess up the HT following WN2 or SH2, but those are just hasties so the loss of quality should barely be noticable.

If you want to "test" to ensure you will get to completion, run through your rotation up to GS, and then use Reclaim instead of GS. If it fails, you will have a 90% chance of getting your ingreds back. If it succeeds, you likely will not HQ the synth, but a NQ Hard Hippogryph Leather is hardly a useless item - you can use it to craft double-star goods to sell for profit.