Everyone demand Trial Synthesis be improved!

[FatalCharm]

We need every crafter in FFXIV to write to SE and demand that they change Trial Synthesis to be able to take into account HQ Mats. It's important to be able to determine if you have a chance at success without wasting super valuable mats! Thanks for listening.

[Azuri]

You have probably been taught how to do basic math at school, right? HQ mats are just a flat amount added to quality bar and nothing scales with it. So if you simply add whatever quality you get from HQ mats to the quality you got in trial synth the result will be your final quality. They are kinda big numbers sometimes but it's simple addition, I believe you can handle it.

[Dzian]

you can do some pretty basic math.. do a trial synthesis or a few of them. take the average quality you finish with..

then when you select your hq materials or ingrediants it tells you in the crafting window. what your starting quality will be. just add the average quality you got from your trials to that starting quality and see how far from maximum quality you are likely to end up before you even press the start synthesis button.

[Jojoya]

We need every crafter in FFXIV to write to SE and demand that they change Trial Synthesis to be able to take into account HQ Mats. It's important to be able to determine if you have a chance at success without wasting super valuable mats! Thanks for listening.

There is never "no chance" at success unless you're severely undergeared. As long as you're hitting minimum recommended/required Craftsmanship, you're good to go as long as you're not ignoring progress in your rotation. A 10% chance for HQ is still a chance.

It was funny the over the weekend. I was grinding out a lot of Rinascita intermediate crafts using a quick rotation that gives me a 19% chance for HQ if there are no Good conditions. I'd get the occasional Excellent on one of the Preparatory Touch steps shooting quality to 71%. Those would end up NQ while I'd be getting HQ on some of my 19% crafts. RNG can be a pain.

The problem with Trial Synthesis is that it generates a random set of conditions every time. Even if it accounted for HQ materials, you might get a string of Goods in your trial rotation that doesn't appear when you actually go to craft the item. If you want to know your true chance, use something like Teamcraft's rotation builder. It will give you a result assuming that you never end up with a condition other than Normal. Or you can choose to insert Good/Excellent conditions on certain steps to see the effect. No need to waste your consumables like you need to with Trial Synthesis.

The only "super valuable" mats are the treasure map drops used for crafting glamour gear. Since HQ makes no difference in the appearance of the glamour, you shouldn't be at risk of wasting them. Rinascita mats are easy to farm and replace in comparison. I wouldn't call them "super valuable". One hunt train, a half hour of gathering, and I've generally got enough to make 3 pieces of gear.

[FatalCharm]

So from your comments, what I am hearing is this sounds like something that would be very simple for them to fix. So one would have to assume the developers are being lazy.

And to this person: "The only "super valuable" mats are the treasure map drops used for crafting glamour gear. Since HQ makes no difference in the appearance of the glamour, you shouldn't be at risk of wasting them. Rinascita mats are easy to farm and replace in comparison. I wouldn't call them "super valuable". One hunt train, a half hour of gathering, and I've generally got enough to make 3 pieces of gear." I don't really care about your glamour, I was thinking more about the very hard to craft 610 gear which is worthless if it's not HQ.

[Arrhin]

Considering we used to have nothing at all, and would have to do the maths ourselves (accounting for the worst RNG outcomes) it still feels like a luxury having it at all. I agree it's annoying to not know the quality/collectibilty outcome but it's not hard at all to figure it out yourself. For myself I prefer NOT to have the game hold my hand for every damned thing so I do enjoy it the way it is. That said I'm geared and melded well enough that with food HQ is not in any way an issue for me to get 100% HQ for anything IG. I usually overshoot by a large margin. The only times I've suffered a bit is when making the new crafting gear tier in order to not suffer later on. Gear and meld your crafters to the max, then the rest is a faceroll. I wouldn't object to the change, but it's not something I'm overly concerned about.

[DrWho2010]

i dunno about you, but i wouldn't be caught dead wearing a glam piece that wasn't HQ lol

[Jojoya]

So from your comments, what I am hearing is this sounds like something that would be very simple for them to fix. So one would have to assume the developers are being lazy.

And to this person: "The only "super valuable" mats are the treasure map drops used for crafting glamour gear. Since HQ makes no difference in the appearance of the glamour, you shouldn't be at risk of wasting them. Rinascita mats are easy to farm and replace in comparison. I wouldn't call them "super valuable". One hunt train, a half hour of gathering, and I've generally got enough to make 3 pieces of gear." I don't really care about your glamour, I was thinking more about the very hard to craft 610 gear which is worthless if it's not HQ.

It's not worthless if it's not HQ. It's just not worth as much. I occasionally screw up a step and end up with NQ. I list it on the MB at a reduced price and it always sell. Some players are more interested in meeting ilvl requirements to get into content than the stats on the gear (or perhaps they want it for *gasp* glamour) and they'd rather go for the less expensive option.

And if you think 610 gear is "very hard to craft", there's knowledge about the crafting system that you haven't acquired yet. None of it is hard, it is a math mini-game and there are plenty of tools created by other players for us to use to figure out the solution even for those not good at math. What we're fighting against is RNG. We can take our gear to an extreme level to counter act the RNG or we take our chances that the number generator ends up favoring us. That's not difficulty, that's luck. It's pretty much the same topic that comes up in the discussions about Expert crafting (give that a try before you call anything else crafting related "very hard").

Finally, about glamour: newly released glamour tends to sell for far more than current end game gear does. It can also stay at those high prices far longer. Some of the Calfskin glamour pieces are still selling for a million gil almost 2 years after it was introduced to the game. When's the last time you saw a piece of Rinascita selling for that much?

i dunno about you, but i wouldn't be caught dead wearing a glam piece that wasn't HQ lol

Why not? I guess I could understand it if someone is using the glamour in roleplay as a wealthy socialite or something similar, but when it comes to appearance it makes zero difference. Go cheap, save gil and be able to buy more pieces of glamour for other outfits.

[DrWho2010]

Why not? I guess I could understand it if someone is using the glamour in roleplay as a wealthy socialite or something similar, but when it comes to appearance it makes zero difference. Go cheap, save gil and be able to buy more pieces of glamour for other outfits.

Because I craft my own glam pieces when I want to make them and I refuse to accept anything less. That's just me though.

[Frizze]

Because I craft my own glam pieces when I want to make them and I refuse to accept anything less. That's just me though.

Im the same. My ego stings a little even selling the NQ if i do screw up, but i could never wear it. Must have my name on it, must be HQ.