PSA: Except at start, always replace CZ with ToT

[Silverbane]

This just dawned on me recently so I thought I'd share, since others may not realize it:

In any rotation with Comfort Zone (CZ) scheduled at a point where you are 14CP or more down from your starting CP, if a Good/Excellent condition occurs at that point, replace the CZ with a Tricks of the Trade (ToT).

If the rotation allows it, execute the CZ as the next step. You might be able to also execute the CZ even later, if you understand the rotation well: CZ creates a CP deficit for 8 of it's 10 steps so you have to be aware of your step-by-step CP requirements. And you have to be careful not to clip the CZ with any later CZ that the rotation may have.

But even if you are locked in and cannot ever make up for the replaced CZ, the 20CP from the ToT is better than the 14 net CP you would have eventually gotten from the CZ, unless the gain from ToT would have been capped at less than 14 by your starting CP value.

P.S. Note that if a meal giving a CP boost wears off during your craft, you don't lose the extra CP, but the "starting CP cap" is reduced by the amount the mean added.