4 Star Rotation

[Nyalia]

Miqo'te skinning aside, I heartily endorse the idea of Rapid Synthesis x4 + Careful Synthesis II (with no Ingenuity at all). Having mathing out many, many different combinations that lead to full progress on 4* items with 451 craftsmanship, Rapid Synthesis x4 led to the most quality on average with the least needed Tricks of the Trade. Chances are very high to HQ using all NQ mats, and you have ample time to reclaim if you fail too many 80% actions or do not get enough Tricks.

Using Master's Mend II twice and no other Durability gainers, you can squeeze 16 80% actions. If 0-2 fail, but you get enough Tricks (5, but 6 lets you use Innovation), you will still hit 100% even with a normal for your BB. If 3 fail, you will hit about 95% if you started from 0 quality (~600 initial quality = 100%), and if 4 fail, you will hit about 80% (~1,100 initial quality = 100%). You can have SIX of the 16 fail and still hit 100% if you started with all HQ items.

Of course, unless you want to bank on an extra Trick (average for a 40 step rotation is 7 tricks, but that's only the average), and you have my offhand melds (4 control, 15 craftsmanship, 3 CP), you will need one Artisan body piece for the rotation's CP requirements, and you may have to do some HTs under SH1 instead of SH2 to squeeze out a few extra CP anyway, but ignoring all that, you should be fine.

But the basics of the rotation that I'm now using are: Rapid Synthesis x4, Hasty Touch x12 (minus however many Rapids fail), Comfort Zone x3, Master's Mend x2, and Tricks of the Trade x4-6 (if x6, use Innovation to pad the Byregot's Blessing).

[Kiara]

Miqo'te skinning aside, I heartily endorse the idea of Rapid Synthesis x4 + Careful Synthesis II (with no Ingenuity at all). Having mathing out many, many different combinations that lead to full progress on 4* items with 451 craftsmanship, Rapid Synthesis x4 led to the most quality on average with the least needed Tricks of the Trade. Chances are very high to HQ using all NQ mats, and you have ample time to reclaim if you fail too many 80% actions or do not get enough Tricks.

Using Master's Mend II twice and no other Durability gainers, you can squeeze 16 80% actions. If 0-2 fail, but you get enough Tricks (5, but 6 lets you use Innovation), you will still hit 100% even with a normal for your BB. If 3 fail, you will hit about 95% if you started from 0 quality (~600 initial quality = 100%), and if 4 fail, you will hit about 80% (~1,100 initial quality = 100%). You can have SIX of the 16 fail and still hit 100% if you started with all HQ items.

Of course, unless you want to bank on an extra Trick (average for a 40 step rotation is 7 tricks, but that's only the average), and you have my offhand melds (4 control, 15 craftsmanship, 3 CP), you will need one Artisan body piece for the rotation's CP requirements, and you may have to do some HTs under SH1 instead of SH2 to squeeze out a few extra CP anyway, but ignoring all that, you should be fine.

But the basics of the rotation that I'm now using are: Rapid Synthesis x4, Hasty Touch x12 (minus however many Rapids fail), Comfort Zone x3, Master's Mend x2, and Tricks of the Trade x4-6 (if x6, use Innovation to pad the Byregot's Blessing).

Thanks Nya. Is this for 4 Star Turn-Ins for the Books or just regular 4 Star Recipes?

[Nyalia]

Thanks Nya. Is this for 4 Star Turn-Ins for the Books or just regular 4 Star Recipes?

Regular 4*. The Master Book II turn-ins are technically 3*, though with double (I think?) progress/quality requirements, so they're actually much harder than 4*.