Rotation make more HQ?

[Ethelwind]

Personally on rare items with HQ 80 gathering gear (743 gp) i recommend the following midterm (forgot the names, even though i use daily - blush):
- Use the 300cp Leaf Turn III - 30-100% hq skill boost
- Use the 400cp Blessed Harvest (+1 yield to all attempts)
- Use the 10 cp Nophica's Counsel + small % hq every swing = 1 - 5% usually, sometimes you get lucky with +12-14%
- Start swinging and use Nophica's Counsel every time
- Use the free Brunt Force on 6th gather attempt. This will give at least 1 100% HQ, sometimes 2 if you have the node effect +1 gathering attempt

Node proc is the majority of time one (not sure but i would rate at 70-80%) with +1 gathering attempt or +30% hq

This will net you:
- 12 resources - 14 resources
- 2 - 4 of them will be guaranteed HQ

Over a long time these are averages collecting all of the current legendaries:
- 220 - 260 normal resources
- 410 - 420 hq resources
This equates to around 60-66% hq, which i think is pretty good considering this is only the 2nd best gear and only good materia but not overmelded.

Imho this is the efficient approach, not the get most HQ in shortest time available. Getting HQ crafting with them at 80 HQ non facet gear = 75 - 90% with the nq's.