Quote Originally Posted by SithCait View Post
See that the part I'm failing to understand. If you must have the artisan gear in order to do the 4 star then how was the artisan gear crafted in the first place lol? To my knowledge the artisan gear is 4star right, so how would you even craft it? The off-hand I can see as it a 3star but the gear baffles me.
You need the artisan off-hand, but not the artisan body, boots, or gloves. My LTW is only shy of 4-star because I got very unlucky overmelding the artisan off-hand. Once I get that fully melded, I can go back to pure CP food. I've got everything else, though. Supra, artisan specs, Ixali gloves, HQ artisan off-hand, fully melded HQ AF. (Edit: As others have mentioned, if you have FC buffs, you might not even need all of that.)

Here is what my LTW currently has. Just 15 Craftsmanship shy. So I eat Craftsmanship food.
Here is what my LTW will have when I get around to it.