Need help fast

[Alistaire]

The artisan gear gives very minor benefits other than the offhands (and the gloves are just a cp boost over the i70 ixali), and the offhands are 3-star crafts. Wear 2.35 gear -> make new offhand, meld it out, should either hit 4-star req's or hit the craftmanship with shark fin soup, which is somethin like a 20 cp detriment vs bouillabaisse, and/or get your fc to pop craft buffs.

Edit: also several pieces can still easily hit max stats from an nq. I bought nq artisan's sandals off MB for less than the cost of materials and still less than material cost considering the extra melds, did control IV, control IIIx2, cunning III, competence I and they're maxed just like an hq would be.