Quote Originally Posted by Eothas View Post
You know what really is hard and annoying, and my only problem with crafting? Is that even if you have all crafters leveled up, are familiar with your CP management, cross class skills and reliably HQ lvl 60 recipes with NQ mats. You --- WILL NEED --- to overmeld your gear to even be close to be able to "unlock" 1 star recipes. 2 star? Haha! you will need to MAX meld. I.E. spend 50m gil to be able to try your hands on 2 stars.
You're exaggerating. I've successfully crafted 2-star L60 HQ items, and I didn't have to overmeld all that much. None of my gear is pentamelded.