Hi there.
First of all, thanks a lot for putting this very nice guide together, I've been using it for few days now and it has worked wonderfully.

I might be repeating words of the OP here, but for the people who are saying stuff like "this guide is not good" "this guide tells you to start <craft x> far to early" etc; the problem isn't the guide, it's the crafter. You shouldn't try to turn people away from using the guide just because you haven't been successful with it, because it might be totally opposite for them if they're doing it right.

Now like the OP said, you can't use this guide successfully if you're planning to do it with a semi-afk, enter-spamming method or something similar, you'll just end up getting frustrated. So if you don't have enough patience to actually move the cursor from one point to another to use an ability or wait, you should probably keep spam synthing ~200sp synths with zero shard/gil efficiency.

Another thing is the tools and the crafting gear; you should definitely try to update them at least semi-regularly, at least the tool. Also, try to think outside the "mainhand tool is good for x crafts, where as offhand tool is only good for x crafts" -box. I've personally found that it's always best to use the tool thats optimal rank is closest to my current rank, no matter if it's a needle or a spinning wheel, the only difference really seems to be the stats and the HQ result.

What comes to crafting gear, try to aim for as much Control as possible, as most of the fails will be caused by unstable elements.

So basically, before you come and try to bash this great guide because of it's difficulty or something similar, try to understand that it's not a zero-effort crafting guide, you actually have to pay some attention to what you are doing and what you are wearing. It might be too much for some, but for those who have the dedication, it's probably the best weaving guide out there.

And to OP: Looking forward to seeing the other crafting guides you were planning to do, keep up the good work.