How do i push towards 4 star?

[Smi77y]

OP contact me in game if you need any help im on phoenix, im currently 4star wvr and ltw, 3star everything else.

4star is possible without lucis (only have 1 myself)

4star crafting is super easy if you can HQ the mats yourself

On cactuar but appreciate it a lot :-)

And @ Gillionaire - Noted on GSM to 4 star. It was just an arbitrary goal to try to be a max crafter. There's nothing in particular I'm after other than gil, and to know I made it to end game crafting. I guess getting anything to 4 star will just be luxury after I grind the marketboard and 3 star stuff with supra/artisan offhand/shared left side gear. At some point I may update my gear to slightly better (maybe just lucis?). And yeah, I think my goal is to make MCD for gil once I get all the items I want in terms of crafting.

Also thanks for the info on the max meld off hand to get to 4 stars. I guess my initial research was wrong :-/ not a huge deal.

[Xenosan]

I have not done the math or intend to, but that gear with supra and the new off -hands melded should make you a 4* capable crafter.

I can verify this. With Supra, max melded craft-specific gear and BiS jewelry (jewely/belt are only 3star), and an OH artisan tool (again only 3star) with +15 craftsmanship & +7 command melded meets the exact stat requirements needed to 4 star.

No food or fc buffs needed. Bouillabaisse it is. (should put you at 395 cp after eating)

If you can HQ the 3.9star token items for the master2 book, you can HQ the 4stars with a very similar rotation (substitute Rapid Synth gambles for pbpx2 + careful synth x3 for progress)

edit:

This is the route you have to go if you intend to craft the BiS left side gear yourself instead of buying off MB. I suggest NOT doing what I did and starting with leatherworker first, as the artisan's mitts are the weakest upgrade it seems. (all that work for just +4 control)

[RiceisNice]

You can reach the magic 453 craftsmanship number (lets you finish 4★ progress in as little as 5 steps, 3★ with 4 steps) and 407 control with full melded artisan & Demimateria acessories, supra and an artisan offhand melded with 3cp/3craft/3craft

The artisan mitts can be opted out for the ixali smithing gloves instead, but you are missing out on CP.

If you'r short on craftsmanship, use chilled popoto soup or shark fin to get some extra CP in there as well. Otherwise, try to meld yourself to 407 control (theres no food that gives both control + CP)

[Whatever]

Makes you think with craft specialization looming in the future.. why did they make it so ez now for beginning crafters to "catch" up.. I finished geting my full hq set of artisans just before the new token gear became availible.. then watched the price drop afterwards from 4 mil ish to 2 mil ish on my server lol I"m getting a bad feeling from "craft specialization".. but nuff said..