Quote Originally Posted by NekoNova View Post
Yeah no.
Some patterns are simply not craftable at level without HQ and 100% perfect RNG.
That only applies when you're maxed out with good gear. If you need a specific HQ craft for a quest at level, you need the HQ materials.
Its possible to fairly reliably (though subject to RNG) HQ products, especially the 70/80 durability crafts, from all NQ materials starting in the lower-mid 20’s. All it really takes is having up-to-date HQ gear without melds, and a decent smattering of cross class moves. And no, this does not include Byregot’s Blessing (so the ShB change to remove it from the available cross class moves is not an issue).

HQ materials, honestly, stop being a thing around then and only become a thing when working with starred recipes, and that only for a limited time (once the gear grows again, they stop being a thing for those recipes). The day they introduced the downgrade from HQ to NQ was a real space-saver for me.