Thread: [dev1016] Post 1.20 HQ Crafting

Originally Posted by MariyaShidou

If you truly believe by being +20 rank above the recipe you can guarantee HQ , I think you are playing a very different game. Let me tell you something, the new system is aiming at exactly what you are trying to blame on the current system: HQ synth will be more difficult to do, while 100% Guaranteed. Difficulty is very easily negated by being +20 rank above the recipe, whereas if you are lower/similar to the recipe rank you will be constantly struggling with the synth.

Nobody said HQ will be more difficult to make. Everything points towards HQ synths being exactly as difficult as NQ synths, so your argument is completely invalid. Also, being 20, 30, pick your high number, ranks above an item will make your HQ rate skyrocket under the current system just as it did in FFXI. It is a problem.