how to reliably craft HQ now.

[Listrella]

without steady hand I don't know how i'm supposed to craft HQ with any reliability, hasty touch success rate may have increased to 60% but that isn't enough, it still fails too much. is there any new way I can use to reliably craft HQ?

[BarretOblivion]

I have had no issues crafting, its just figuring out the new rotation is all.

So far have made my Weaver 460 main and chest with a 100% chance at HQ.

[Maeka]

This is what I do and I've found I have a 99% chance of success (at Lv71):

40 Durability:
1). Reflect
2). Waste Not II
3). Basic Touch / Precise Touch
4). Master's Mend at 5 durability left
5). Great Strides
6). Byregot's

This should put you at 96% HQ if no Good came up. If you got a Good proc, you're guaranteed to HQ.

From there you can either do Waste Not II and Basic Synth to finish, or you can do Observe->Focused Synth twice with 1 more Synth at the end. If you did not get a Good Proc and you're like 94-96%, you can WNII, Basic Touch and then Basic Synth the rest of the way.

This is assuming full HQ clothes and HQ tools crafting Lv71 items. I imagine it would probably be similar until Star recipes?

With 80 durability items, because it's so easy to get HQ processed materials, it's even easier, you basically do the same as above only you'll hit 100% HQ way before WNII wears off.

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/501328677

Start this video at 24:18. I make a pair of White Oak Bracelets while at Lv71.

[Ksenia]

66+ is pretty gun barrel straight forward.


Inner Quiet, Manipulation, Prudent x 8, Great Strides, BB (assuming you even need it)

CS, an Element or Observe, Focused Synth combo, based on your stats

[Listrella]

well i'm only level 40 and I don't havee most of those skills yet, how am I supposed to reliably HQ when all I have is basic and standard touch which eats up too much CP and hasty touch which is too unreliable, they said they were making it easy so why the hell did they get rid of steady hand?

[Ksenia]

well i'm only level 40 and I don't havee most of those skills yet, how am I supposed to reliably HQ when all I have is basic and standard touch which eats up too much CP and hasty touch which is too unreliable, they said they were making it easy so why the hell did they get rid of steady hand?

At level 40,

Inner Quiet, Waste Not, 4 x Standard touch. 5 if you only need one Basic Synth to complete otherwise 2 x Basic Synth

If you have HQ mats that will get 100%
If you have the extra CP, throw an Ingenuity in there too.

Inner Quiet, Waste Not, Ingenuity, 4 x Standard touch, Basic Synth x 2


There is no reason you shouldn't have CP for that rotation at 40. Even vendor NQ Mythril accessories will get you enough CP to make that work

[Maeka]

Yeah, the key is to have up-to-date gear.

If your gear is outdated, you aren't gonna do crap.

Though, IIRC, the game assumes you're not wearing full HQs until at least Level 30.

IMO, I'd make NQs of the latest tools, clothes, and jewelry and then try for HQ blacksmith tools and then once you have those, gradually make the other classes' one-by-one. And once you have HQ tools, try for HQ clothes, and then HQ Jewelry.

Once you have a set of HQ equipment, you got your foot in the door. Don't get lazy and keep up to date and you should sail all the way. Well, theoretically. I don't know what happens between 50/60, 60/70 now. Not sure if Lv50 HQs is good enough to make HQ 51s for example. Might need a few scrip pieces, maybe tools at the very least.

[Frizze]

well i'm only level 40 and I don't havee most of those skills yet, how am I supposed to reliably HQ when all I have is basic and standard touch which eats up too much CP and hasty touch which is too unreliable, they said they were making it easy so why the hell did they get rid of steady hand?

When in doubt, get more CP on your gear so you can use more skills. Sure, higher craftsmanship makes your synths more powerful and higher control affects your touches in the same way, but having the CP to just do more of them(or more powerful versions) always ends up being better. And while melding is mostly for endgame gear, you can retrieve any materia up to grade 7 with a 100% return rate, so putting some cheap materia in your guaranteed slots can help a bit too.

[Roth_Trailfinder]

Yeah, the key is to have up-to-date gear.

If your gear is outdated, you aren't gonna do crap.

Though, IIRC, the game assumes you're not wearing full HQs until at least Level 30.

I, and a couple people under my tutelage, have seen that you could start fairly reliably (subject to RNG, of course, since it wasn’t usually 100%) HQ’ing finished products starting in the low-mid 20’s, assuming both up to date HQ gear and a good selection of level 15 CC moves, from all NQ mats. I noticed that during 2.0, the others more recently (somewhen between the release of HW and the release of SB).

In other words, its always been about having up to date gear, and a good selection of CC moves. Now, they’ve taken those CC moves away and provided some of them to everyone. But we’re still left with it being about up-to-date gear. So why are some people (not the person I quoted, obviously) surprised by it, or need to be reminded of it?

[SamSmoot]

And, you only use Hasty to squeeze out a bit more quality at the end when you're out of CP if you have durability left. It's too risky to use earlier and waste steps on fails.