Crafting?

[MilkieTea]

Bingo, exactly what I was looking for... yup, already have the lvl 9 master recipe book!

If you're willing to casually overmeld (just using whatever white scrips you have/earn from collectibles/whatever to purchase grade 9 crafting materia without too much overthinking) Take a look at these macros and the requirements necessary, itll help you figure out what minimum threshold you need to reach base-stats wise to reliably 100% HQ stuff. I'm sure, though, that someone may be able to theorycraft something for lower/minimum stats for you. I like to give myself a LOT of wiggle room when I overmeld. I'm not fully pentamelded bc that's a lot of money and scrips spent... But I'm melded just enough to hit the requirements for being able to 100% HQ a craft with just NQ materials.

The macros I use to reliably 100% HQ:

NQ only materials, 2 star 70 dura craft: Craftsmanship: 3290, Control: 3327, CP: 655 (Food HQ Tsai Tou Vounou and HQ Cunning Craftsman Draught will bring you to that 655 mark if you're at a high enough base CP)

/ac "Muscle Memory" <wait.3>
/ac Manipulation <wait.2>
/ac Veneration <wait.2>
/ac "Waste Not II" <wait.2>
/ac Groundwork <wait.3>
/ac Groundwork <wait.3>
/ac "Preparatory Touch" <wait.3>
/ac Innovation <wait.2>
/ac "Preparatory Touch" <wait.3>
/ac "Basic Touch" <wait.3>
/ac "Standard Touch" <wait.3>
/ac "Advanced Touch" <wait.3>
/ac Innovation <wait.2>
/ac "Basic Touch" <wait.3>
/echo Macro #1 finished <se.1>

/ac "Standard Touch" <wait.3>
/ac "Advanced Touch" <wait.3>
/ac "Trained Finesse" <wait.3>
/ac Innovation <wait.2>
/ac "Trained Finesse" <wait.3>
/ac "Trained Finesse" <wait.3>
/ac "Great Strides" <wait.2>
/ac "Byregot's Blessing" <wait.3>
/ac "Careful Synthesis" <wait.3>
/echo Craft finished <se.2>

HQ alkahests, rest NQ, Craftsmanship: 3290, Control: 3311, CP: 591 (Food HQ Tsai Tou Vounou)

/ac "Muscle Memory" <wait.3>
/ac Manipulation <wait.2>
/ac Veneration <wait.2>
/ac "Waste Not II" <wait.2>
/ac Groundwork <wait.3>
/ac Groundwork <wait.3>
/ac "Preparatory Touch" <wait.3>
/ac Innovation <wait.2>
/ac "Preparatory Touch" <wait.3>
/ac "Basic Touch" <wait.3>
/ac "Standard Touch" <wait.3>
/ac "Advanced Touch" <wait.3>
/ac Innovation <wait.2>
/ac "Basic Touch" <wait.3>
/echo Macro #1 finished <se.1>

/ac "Standard Touch" <wait.3>
/ac "Advanced Touch" <wait.3>
/ac "Trained Finesse" <wait.3>
/ac Innovation <wait.2>
/ac "Great Strides" <wait.2>
/ac "Byregot's Blessing" <wait.3>
/ac "Careful Synthesis" <wait.3>
/echo Craft finished <se.2>

As many HQ Mats as possible Craftsmanship: 3180, Control: 3080, CP: 584 (Food HQ Tsai Tou Vounou) (you won't need to overmeld too much, just enough to reach your CP to 584 with the HQ Tsai Tou Vounou)

/ac "Muscle Memory" <wait.3>
/ac Manipulation <wait.2>
/ac "Waste Not II" <wait.2>
/ac Groundwork <wait.3>
/ac "Preparatory Touch" <wait.3>
/ac "Preparatory Touch" <wait.3>
/ac "Preparatory Touch" <wait.3>
/ac "Preparatory Touch" <wait.3>
/ac "Preparatory Touch" <wait.3>
/ac "Great Strides" <wait.2>
/ac "Byregot's Blessing" <wait.3>
/ac "Waste Not" <wait.2>
/ac Veneration <wait.2>
/ac Groundwork <wait.3>
/ac Groundwork <wait.3>

Do remember you can take out your materia to put back in to better gear when it comes out, and you can extract materia from your gear!