Quote Originally Posted by Dustytome View Post
I\\\\'m guessing it was a matter of not being used to attempting anything of that level and maybe not having the cross skills chosen? It\\\\'s easy to look at a recipe and figure the number isn\\\\'t that high and then you do that first increase and watch the bar that you\\\\'d previously knock a decent chunk out of barely budge.
That's exactly what happened. I didn't think I'd have any trouble making the item and then I panicked at the first increase. The game said I met the craftsmanship and control requirements for the item and I didn't need to try to HQ it so I thought it would be straight forward.

At the end of the day, I doubt the developers want their players to run into a soul crushing experience. That's why there are Calamity Salvagers and the like. Losing millions of Gil from your own ignorance really is not fun.