Another way to get Artisans Spectacles, No max meld needed.

[Divine_Intervention]

Hey guys, so i spent a lot of time and a stressy hour making the Spicy Tomato Relish to turn in for Artisans Spectacles the other night. Now I'm not max melded, and i don't have all lvl 50 skills (specifically armorer, blacksmith and leatherworker). I thought i'd share how i did this.
Please note, this is NOT a 100% guaranteed HQ rotation, but with a little luck, and enough HQ mats to work with, it does work.



Requirements
CUL level 50
Cross Class Skills (I had all relevant except Ingenuity).
4 x level II craftsman materia in your Culinarian Set (be prepared to clear this out if you want to max meld your culinarian, go for armor side only , not accessories).
HQ Rolanberry Cheesecake
Free Company Buffs to increase craftsmanship + control.


Progress Phase
Inner Quiet
Steady Hand II
Standard Synthesis till 30 durability (use tricks of the trade whenever it comes up!)
Careful Synthesis II
The above should see you at enough synthesis to finish it in one step. I go with progress first on this, allowing me to either take a chance and complete if my HQ is enough, or reclaim it.

Quality Phase
Masters Mend II at 20 durability.
Steady Hand II
Waste Not
Hasty Touch till 20 durability, using ToT when available.
Great strides
Innovation
Byregot's Blessing
Depending on your luck with the above, either reclaim, or complete the progress.



So, give this a go. Yes, it's kinda messy. Yes, it relies on luck a fair bit. But it worked for me. I failed a few, but more often than not it worked. Took me a few breaks to figure out just what i needed synth wise xD
Good luck, let me know if this helps you out!
-edit notes- I'm sure this can be improved on, saving CP here and there, if you give it a go, and figure something more effective, just let me know

[GueRakun]

That was way too random and not using cross class skill effectively man. I could do it rather consistently (10 out of 11 tries), with all HQ mats except for Cinnamon using:

1. Steady Hand II + Hasty Touch
2. Trick of the Trade procs
3. Rumination
4. Ingenuity + Careful Synthesis II
5. Great Strides

That's all. I would imagine it'd be much easier and more consistent when you add Waste Not, etc.

[Divine_Intervention]

Hey there, I realise it's rather messy, and it's not perfect. I only put what worked for me. I don't have Ingenuity yet, started working on that, so i'd actually managed it without it, and without the use of rumination.

I didn't realise I'd left out Waste Not, I do have that and did use it in the rotation, I'll edit OP to reflect that, and try to tidy it up a little.

Thanks for the reply

[GueRakun]

Yeah no worries man. I also just got my artisan spectacle like 2 days ago so I'm very happy.

I would say using TotT procs on active Waste Not is a net loss in CP.

[giantslayer]

Ingenuity is only a lvl 15 and it makes a HUGE difference on progress with synths on a 2 star (also helps a lot on quality). It is well worth a couple hours to get.

[Divine_Intervention]

I've just started working on Rose Gold Cogs and am seriously considering going to get ingenuity because as far as i can see, 100% hq rotations for these are dependent on it?

My crafting stats: 354craft , 357control, 383cp with hq food

[giantslayer]

With ingenuity, your synths will be doing 50-100% more (I don't have exact numbers handy to reference). Touches get a nice bump as well, but not as much. I consider ingenuity to be essential for anything 1 star and above, and cannot recommend it highly enough.

[Divine_Intervention]

Update, grabbed ingenuity today, only first level, i didn't have it in me to max level another craft yet. Managed to alter the master rotation on ffxivguild for token turn ins, and grinded out my 50 rose gold cogs for artisan tool! happy days!