Quote Originally Posted by Hasrat View Post
Any tips for what to do with some of these (cross-class skills) that I might not have thought of? If it matters at all, so far I've been using the Inner Quiet-Steady Hand II-Hasty Touch-(Tricks of the Trade) method with pretty good results.
My advice is based on L60 crafting: I didn't spend much time at L50 and as a L60 crafters, that L50 stuff is cake. So not everyitnhg I say may apply to your situation.

Piece-by-Piece doesn't work like you think: each time you use it, it gives you one-third of the remaining difficulty as progress. So, if your craft is, say, 810 difficulty, the first PbP gives you 810/3 = 270 progress, leaving you 540 to go, and the second PbP gives you 540/3 = 180 progress, leaving you 360 to go. The third PbP would give only 360/3 = 120 progress, leaving you 240 to go. Sad truth is, you can't practically finish the craft with just PbP. It's still really useful, though.

Ingenuity makes a big difference in progress for three and four star crafts, but it's not a must-have in the rotations most people use.

Byregot's Blessing is a must-have for high level crafting. It's usually the very last Quality-improving step in a craft.

Waste Not 2 is very CP efficient, it gets used a lot. Sequences like "SH2 WN2 HastyTouch(HT)x4 SH2 HTx3" are pretty commonly used at L60: seven HastyTouches for 35 durability and 148CP.

The progress skill Rapid Synthesis (ARM 15, 250% percent progress, 50% success rate before buffing) is favored by people who like to get things done fast and don't mind a little risk.