Synthesis Clarification/restructure

[tymora]

Getting the same results as Deli.
White -> Orange? -> Red? -> Flashing:
Flashing can possibly give the highest possible quality with Bold, but also runs the highest risk to fail. Hence using +success skills for quality seems to work well but unfortunately the quality gained is still random. Bold only appears to increase the max. cap for quality. And failing on Bold gives larger possibility of sparks.

Next the higher your craftsmanship is over the recipe's level? or required craftsmanship value, the more quality you gain.

At the moment skills are still tuned towards the type of item synth-ed - In my experience, this means +1 turn on 3 turn skills, increased chance of activation of 1 turn skills and increased effect strength. This is probably why some recipes appears harder than others with all other things equal.

Risk...the definition of which can be contested but this is my own theory:
- Chance of failure
- Accumulated throughout synth, above a certain value, failure gives a chance of sparks. (Hence actions fail more towards end of synth)
- Similar to sparks, risk is also proportional to the chance of getting elemental instability. (Hence if risk is already high, recurring elemental instability is not unexpected.)
- Random starting value (hence some attempts suck bad)
- Reduced by craftsmanship (both)
- Success of action increases risk, though significantly less than failure and Standard gives much less than Rapid/Bold.
- Elemental explosion resets Risk to 0? or starting value? (Hence easier to complete synth if you force it to blow up, and hope you have enough durability left.)
- Wait reduces risk, not sure if it is proportional to durability lost.

Finally you can stack 1 turn and 3 turn skills if you didn't notice.

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Agree with OP that brand of X is useless - never bothered using.

There was a SS of some guy gaining 100+ quality in 1 single Bold.

As it is right now, crafting doesn't take much skill

Only if you use only Standard. Bold is much harder to get it right. The skill of crafting is therefore the mastery of this risk system. Frustrating but is a good challenge.

IMO, a master of FFXIV crafting can gauge the risk level without knowing the exact numbers and apply the appropriate skills.

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Still working my way there.........will be a long road.