Quote Originally Posted by Joryan View Post
The quest is tagged for level 15 DoH. My only crafter is Alchemist level 49. I go Inner Quiet -> Great Strides -> {Steady Hand} (tried both with and without) -> Advanced Touch, then Standard Touches/Tricks of the Trade until I run out of CP, and Synthesis. The HQ chance when I finish the chain is between 15-26%.

Any recommendations please?
Ouch, sorry about your rough luck. With 25 tries completed you should have just gotten a lucky 15% to go hq by now. So yeah, level other things and it could be easier. Fine. Everyone else is right. But theres one other thing you can try. I think youre doing your order backwards. Count(or math) how many times you can standard touch after you do your IQ/GS/AdvT opener before you run out of CP or durability. Then go IQ, SH, StndTch/ToT etc, leaving just enough points for use great strides then advanced touch as a finisher. The extra inner quiet stacks you got from doing the standard touches first will mean your advanced will hit harder and push you closer to HQ. Another thing to consider, using a quality increasing skill when your material condition is Good or Excellent results in a crit(1.5 times for good, 4 times for excellent). So sometimes it makes more sense if you're "close" to take the crit instead of the points.

Either way best of luck!