Quote Originally Posted by Felis View Post
+1
And I'm sure he said something about skill, too
If you have all mats HQ and you are skilled enough

And you can reduce the RNG factor.
Level the other crafter jobs, learn the good skills and obtain the hq mats.
Of course, it increase the time factor (but some people in this forum want something to grind after all, see the skill level thread), but it decrease the rng factor drastic
Oh, I have been trust me.