Manipulation vs MMII

[RiceisNice]

It's all about mass production, make enough mats that you can use all HQ on stuff like the 110 weapons, and spread around the NQ to easier synths. For the rare NQ, slap a few junk materia on it and do a few expert runs to turn it into materia. Loss of materials is always a loss, NQ isn't.

Even if you used HQ materials, if you got only one good condition the entire craft, it ain't happening. And you're making a weapon at this point, where it s HQ or gtfo unless its for glamour (which probably is, 110 weapons have lower weapon damage which is the best stat for most classes).

That being said, it's really based on what cards you're dealt with. If you haven't gotten any TotT procs, the increased CP cost is going to hurt you in the long run that an extra tick of CZ won't save you. Not to mention manipulation will compete with other cross skills when you're BSM and LTW.

If in the golden world where I cap my CP before using my second CZ, I'd just pop a basic touch with SHII active.