Crafting is almost Perfect !!

[rickalk]

Absolutely hate the new system, only good thing about it is animation speed.
Lost several millions of gil within a few days because HQ crafting is too random, even though the recipe was 10 levels below me and I have almost all skills in the game.
Also I've spent alot of time getting double melded dex materia gear for my GSM and now I get the impression it does -nothing- for quality. Same with vit for crp/lth/arm

Very disappointed with 1.22

[tymora]

Absolutely hate the new system, only good thing about it is animation speed.
Lost several millions of gil within a few days because HQ crafting is too random, even though the recipe was 10 levels below me and I have almost all skills in the game.
Also I've spent alot of time getting double melded dex materia gear for my GSM and now I get the impression it does -nothing- for quality. Same with vit for crp/lth/arm

Very disappointed with 1.22

You would have done better if you experimented with the skills on cheap stuff.
If you have almost all skills in the game, then +600 quality should be normal for -10 recipes. You can get 700+ but only if some rolls of the dice works in your favor.

With that in mind, you will want to make sure your starting quality is at around 200-300 for best chances.

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And yeah, I think stat effect is broken too. Just started a thread on it.

[rickalk]

You would have done better if you experimented with the skills on cheap stuff.
If you have almost all skills in the game, then +600 quality should be normal for -10 recipes. You can get 700+ but only if some rolls of the dice works in your favor.

With that in mind, you will want to make sure your starting quality is at around 200-300 for best chances.

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And yeah, I think stat effect is broken too. Just started a thread on it.

What? I only use HQ mats so I always start with 500. Quality gain is so random though even with good skills like Byregot, Fit for a king etc, I usually land on 75-80% chance. Before patch 90-100% was easy with HQ and 20-25% with NQ. Now I don't even break 10% with NQ