Snailfish Oil Rotation Discussion (regarding the Maker's Mark Rotation)

[MN_14]

These crafts are mathematically simpler than the older crafts but there are so many options that it’s difficult to pinpoint the best strategy. My strategy might not necessarily be anywhere close to the best, but it works reasonably well enough. I’ll discuss how I handle all NQ synths at min requirements and my reasoning. Once I start adding HQ components, my strategy can change drastically.

1. I start my first quality phase and then use a durability restore to spend down CP. I never use precise touch at this point because I have no clue whether I’ll be needing that CP later on where it counts more. The designers have introduced patient touch, which can be used as kind of a low-cost alternative. Goodbye precise touch (most of the time)!

2. This is where a lot of crafters will likely employ different strategies.

I’ve been using Ingenuity 2 (tried four synths under Ingenuity 1 but only managed ~90% each time) but I don’t start using it until I’ve built up a significantly large enough of an IQ stack. I try to buff my touches where it counts the most, so the majority of my Ingenuity buffed touches are at 11 stacks of IQ. Since I consider stack building steps to be of lower value (11 stacks of IQ is practically going to be a given by the end of the synth anyways), hello again hasty touch!

Under Ingenuity 2, I find I have to use HTs again due to increasingly tight CP constraints. However, excess CP can be used for HT2 or prudent touch. I use prudent touches extremely sparingly.

In most of my synths, the last 2k quality is difficult to achieve so I look for situational specific ways of boosting quality. This is difficult to document.

As for spec abilities, I haven't tried using them yet, but I'd likely mostly just use whistle and nymaea's wheel (maybe satisfaction too).