This game has seriously messed up RNG

[Aramina]

With HQ ironwork you will get the chance for HQ to 100% without any trouble. Who would fail to get a HQ from a lv1 recipe with that equip?
The equip play a role, because the better the equip the easier it is to get 100% or at least to come really near that 100%

I think maybe she was talking about quick synthesis, BUT... even if so that was changed with patch 3.5 as well. From the patch notes:

"The difficulty for synthesizing HQ items using Quick Synthesis has been reduced.

Higher gear attributes in relation to the recipe's difficulty will increase your chances of crafting HQ items."

[Lexia]

I think maybe she was talking about quick synthesis, BUT... even if so that was changed with patch 3.5 as well. From the patch notes:

I don't know why anyone would use quick synth anyways unless they don't care what quality item they get. Going to have a bad time if expecting lot of HQ items from quick synth.

[Aramina]

I don't know why anyone would use quick synth anyways unless they don't care what quality item they get. Going to have a bad time if expecting lot of HQ items from quick synth.

Oh I agree, I only use it for mass crafts that I don't care what quality they end up... but that is (was) the only way gear had no effect on rate of HQ.