The RNG of Synthisis

[Antipika]

I am lvl20 cooking.

I pick up a Lv20 cooking leve.

It asks me to make some food that has magic stats.

So I put on my magic crafting + control gear (it is not +1 gear, but it is the best NQ gear for Lv20), then I get the guild buff and eat magic crafting stat food, find it to be divine, and then make sure I have all of the right abilities slotted.

Fulfillment - (increases chances of success for Synthisis)
Harmonize - (Reduces risk)
Masterpiece - (increases chances of success for Careful Synthisis)

I am not a Lv10 Blacksmith or Armorer yet, so I do not have Makers Muse or Blinding Speed.

I can only have 3 abilities slotted at Lv20 cooking.

I choose to use my main hand tool and begin the leve.

I fail the leve.

I retry the leve and fail again.

I retry the leve and barely complete it with very low score of assessment.

Synthisis is extremely frustrating for me - hoping that RNG doesn't cause me to fail when I craft is too annoying.

I am done crafting in FFXIV unless the RNG nature of Synthisis is removed.

No idea what you are doing wrong, but since 1.21 synthesis is really easy. Breaks are more rare and it is way easier to craft something with a gap greater than 5 levels. I could craft level 44 Fleece with a LTW 34 without much difficulty. 800 EXP per synth. 1000+ when I could manage to use Careful Synthesis once. And even failing near 100% progress = 230+ EXP... (which is the amount we used to get for a successful synth at the same level)

Couldn't care less if it breaks, everything you craft for skilling up purpose is worthless. I'd be mad failing a HQ with expensive HQ mats, but leve with mats you didn't even pay, really...?

I don't want to work for stuff and the game's RNG still decide I don't get stuff after I worked for it.

What about drop rate then? Maybe you should quit playing MMOs.

You can work hard to kill a NM or clear a dungeon, do a flawless run (no death, success with first try etc.) and yet get... no drop (or not the one you wanted). So basically "work for stuff and the game's RNG decide I don't get the stuff after I worked for it" (here stuff = drop)

Protip: you are playing a game. Luck is a part of any game.

[Crica]

I just wanted to thank Yoshi-P and the team for taking the RNG out of crafting!

Crafting in FFXIV is now very enjoyable for me now and feels much more rewarding when I put my time and effort into it.

/bow