For those having trouble getting the master books

[cearka]

In the last patch, Piece by Piece made a big comeback.
I this patch, atleast for me, the comeback still is reclaim.

90% success rate (give or take some given how poor SE's rng seems to work), means you can retry less then optimal synths. if it fails, it probably would of given you garbage anyway if you got to the point of using reclaim in the first place.

This will minimize the amount of field demi 3's you burn through.

I've been forgoing steady hand on the PbP steps (it has a high success rate anyway) for the extra CP. If a PbP fails just bail.

With the extra CP and a lucky ToT you can fit in an extra WN or what have you phase to, give you a few extra touches. If you have fewer then 8 stacks of IQ in the end phase, I usually just bail and try again. As far as I can tell, there is no way to 100% without excellent state in the end, but trying to ensure 8+ stacks will give you the best chance otherwise.

[Songi]

Rapid Synthesis is also another CP saver. I've been using this for Primal weapon synths and everything else 3 star related since 2.2. Huge Progress with same success rate as a Hasty Touch...not guaranteed but not bad either.

[cearka]

yeah rapid can buy you an extra touch, its ballsy but has its uses for sure.

[giantslayer]

Rapid is no more risky than hasty touch, which everyone uses without question. Just skip on Ingenuity 1/2 because they don't have enough effect on 3-stars to be worth the CP.

[Kimura410]

Rapid is no more risky than hasty touch, which everyone uses without question. Just skip on Ingenuity 1/2 because they don't have enough effect on 3-stars to be worth the CP.

ing2 just barely gets my progress through on the turn ins. pbp x2, rapid x2 with ing2, then at the end 1 careful synth 2 and it finishes. i think if u did rapid x2 withotu ing2, youd have to do 2 cs2 at the end, meaning an extra step. gotta save steps bc u really should synth at 10-11 stacks. 9 is risky but if u get a good you might get about 30%

[giantslayer]

ing2 just barely gets my progress through on the turn ins. pbp x2, rapid x2 with ing2, then at the end 1 careful synth 2 and it finishes. i think if u did rapid x2 withotu ing2, youd have to do 2 cs2 at the end, meaning an extra step. gotta save steps bc u really should synth at 10-11 stacks. 9 is risky but if u get a good you might get about 30%

That 32 CP is enough to buy an extra step (on average, of course, since you can't buy just one). Doing that over ing2 gives you more freedom to use ToT and means that you don't have to worry about refreshing ING if your luck is bad.

Exact methods vary depending on stats. If you come up a little short, you could try throwing in a standard synth or seeing if ING 1/2 just at the end of the craft can make a difference.