Craftsmanship vs. Magic Craftsmanship

[Geesus]

I have 2 gear sets, 1 for craftsmanship and 1 for magic craftsmanship, and it really isn't difficult to figure out what to use on each recipe. Just see how difficult the recipe is in one set through 1-2 synths. If you pile on the correct stat you'll see a LOT more successes and especially high progress (consistently above 15% and close to 20% on standard synths). On the other hand if you're focusing on the wrong stat you will notice the increased difficulty and a lot less returns on progress.

Many items in this game are tiered so if you figure out what stat to use on an item, theres a really good chance that the rest of the same type of item use the same stat. For example, all wands use Magic Craftsmanship, all lumber uses Craftsmanship.

Figuring out what tool is more logical in making a particular item seems to be a decent hint too, and stacking on Craftsmanship if it's the mainhand tool while using Magic Craftsmanship for offhand. There seem to be some exceptions though but it's at least a place to start.

I like this POV except for the part about try it on this set of gear and if it's poor try the other. Only reason is, if you fail on one set and fail as well on the other, you haven't proved anything. Also, for casual gamers and not statisticians, you don't want to or have time to do all the data sets required for a conclussive theory. So having SE let us know SOMETHING not everything because exploring and trying is part of the fun, would be nice or at least like a quest or CS that helps guide you would be nice. Like the tutorial leves.

Also in regards to off and main hand, you're dead on. You won't use your hammer on a piece that really just needs to be refined would you? No, you'll use your off hand file. Just like ...OMG RL which has been in and out of this entire thread.

[Darrkness]

...Also in regards to off and main hand, you're dead on. You won't use your hammer on a piece that really just needs to be refined would you? No, you'll use your off hand file. Just like ...OMG RL which has been in and out of this entire thread.

good point i noticed with gold smithing i get lot more sucs synth front using a grinding wheel to make marbled eye than fron the hammer and vise versa with rings and chokers. With mats such as nuggets and ingots the grinding wheel seems to be more useful than the hammer

[Geesus]

good point i noticed with gold smithing i get lot more sucs synth front using a grinding wheel to make marbled eye than fron the hammer and vise versa with rings and chokers. With mats such as nuggets and ingots the grinding wheel seems to be more useful than the hammer

Precisely. I use my hammer for ingots just because idk, they're flat? O.o LOL But to each his own. I found the same issue when repairing gear. Why would you use a spinning wheel to fix an already made cloth item? In RL you wouldn't, you'd use a needle. And SOMETIMES, switching hands during high level leves helped me actually complete the quest when the main hand may have been failing. Now that also may have been my gear but idk.

[Amiricle]

Precisely. I use my hammer for ingots just because idk, they're flat? O.o LOL But to each his own. I found the same issue when repairing gear. Why would you use a spinning wheel to fix an already made cloth item? In RL you wouldn't, you'd use a needle. And SOMETIMES, switching hands during high level leves helped me actually complete the quest when the main hand may have been failing. Now that also may have been my gear but idk.

Well, there is more to which tool you use than that too. The tool you use on nuggets/ingots for example determines the type of HQ. For example, using the primary you will get extra nuggets/ingots if you HQ the synth. Using the secondary, you will get +1/+2/+3 versions instead when you HQ.

[Geesus]

Well, there is more to which tool you use than that too. The tool you use on nuggets/ingots for example determines the type of HQ. For example, using the primary you will get extra nuggets/ingots if you HQ the synth. Using the secondary, you will get +1/+2/+3 versions instead when you HQ.

Very true and I did miss that point so thank you Amiricle for the addition.