Quick Synthesis BS

[Vandril]

There is nothing "quick" about quick synth. The only thing it does is save you button clicks and lets you go start dinner.

It takes you roughly the same amount of time to craft any 40 durability (at lvl 67 I could craft similar level 40 dur items within 4 actions.) When you "quick" your toon makes the item then stares at the wall for 5s, in that time frame you could have manually crafted the item.

So yes, if you can manually craft the item FASTER or the same time as "quick" synth, it should be 100%.

It really should be called "auto" synth rather than "quick".

I actually timed Quick Synth vs. Manual NQ Synth back in Heavensward. I don't recall the exact times, but if I remember correctly... When timing from the point where the crafting log disappears during the start of the synth to where the crafting log reappears afterward for both Quick and Manual NQ Synth, Quick Synth was only a second or two longer than Manual NQ Synth with only one Synthesis action required to complete the craft. Each Synthesis action (and any other action that causes the character to interact with the tool they're using for its animation as opposed to raising one hand like with buff actions) takes approximately 2.5 seconds for each use.

In result, I found that Quick Synth was slightly slower than single-action Manual Synth while being slightly faster than dual-action Manual Synth.

It's not quite as slow as you describe. It probably just feels that way because you're not pressing any buttons, so it's like watching paint dry.