Lucis token strategies

[Hayward]

Has anyone come across any halfway decent patterns to get these Lucis tokens to HQ? After trying the whole weekend, I've only come up with 6 HQ Duck Broth pots.

What was SE thinking making this only 40 duration?!

[Okashii]

I found it easy and did it relaxed in about an hour or so. I didn't really look anything up either since nq'ing them is no big deal, just go trade nq back in for more duck bones. I personally just used IQ + CZ + SH2 + 2x RS I think for my opener. then cycled through HT x2 -> manipulation -> sh2 -> HT chain while using ToT where it made sense and reapplying these buffs + CZ where appropriate. Tried to go through as many of these cycles as possible while having cp for a good finisher with decent baiting for good/excellent.

Not even a well thought-out rotation here and still did it pretty easily.

[Normalizer]

You can check out an idea for a rotation here: http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...de-2-3-4-stars

Basically i go CZ + IQ + SH2 + 1 RS then HT spamming + Manipulation + CZ renewal till only 30 duration left (and about just enough CP for the finish moves), there comes the finishing BB with baiting for good/excellent and 2 x CS2. Normally i can use CZ 2 times, 3 times would be a bit tight since this is only 40 dura. I can get to IQ 8 or 9 most of the times, and end up with 70%-80% quality bar from NQ mats.

You can trade back the NQ for mats, so there is really no pressure here.

[Empty-handed]

im using this rotation:

CZ (tot)
IQ, (tot)
tot only once
SH2
WN
RS
HTx3
(tot)
CS2 (tot)
if dura is 10 or 5. MM1
if CZ is down refresh CZ.
SH2
WN
HTx 4
(tot)
Manipulation (tot)
SH2 (tot)
HT till dura is 15 or 20.

ender depends on remaining cp.
SH (tot)
GS
(innovation if you have enough cp)
BB

end with CS2

[Sanguisio]

I've done my WVR lucis and I do the following :

CZ, IQ SH2 HT to 10 DUR, the MM1, I hit every TOT that comes upand refresh CZ and SH2 as needed. Then I finish the craft off when im around 100 CP after MM.

[Aurelinaus]

I don't have a rotation for those but CZ, SHII, ToT, HT, Manip/MM-spamming my way to 9-11 stacks qand then ending with a bryegeot finsher seems to be the way to go. Trying to make a fixed rotation for them only got me unnecessary anguish and heartache.

[baopee]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3CXY_Gv7YM

this what i used to get all 8 Lucis

[Pterois]

I found it easy and did it relaxed in about an hour or so. I didn't really look anything up either since nq'ing them is no big deal, just go trade nq back in for more duck bones. I personally just used IQ + CZ + SH2 + 2x RS I think for my opener. then cycled through HT x2 -> manipulation -> sh2 -> HT chain while using ToT where it made sense and reapplying these buffs + CZ where appropriate. Tried to go through as many of these cycles as possible while having cp for a good finisher with decent baiting for good/excellent.

Not even a well thought-out rotation here and still did it pretty easily.

pretty much this for both gsm and bsm lucis... rng can still get the best of you tho.

[GenJoe]

Lucis tokens aren't that difficult, if you have trouble with manual crafting, hell.. you can either pick up a decent rotation, or.. you can just make a macro. macro will get you around 15% hq from what I heard, then you can just run that over and over, and turn in the nqs to Talan for retries.

Would I recommend that? Not really, it's not necessary. But if you're having a lot of trouble with it, that might be an alternative to consider. Just don't expect that kind of grind to teach you anything about 4 star crafting.