Quote Originally Posted by Meleena View Post
+1 items have beter success rate than normal ones, it would make more sence to tray and double-triple meld a +1, cobalt claws arent even that expensive to make if you have miner and blacksmith
You ignore opportunity cost. Just because you can make something with minor personal investment doesn't mean it's cheap. You could be selling those +1 claws for at least 250k, perhaps quite a bit more (no sell history on my server), but instead you blow them up in multi-meld attempts. That's a very significant cost.

IIRC the success bonus for HQ items is also very minor and doesn't come even close to making up for the often 10x higher price.