The crafting & gathering thread.

[Luthia]

That's way under market value (currently selling for HQ25k x297=7.4M, 5M values them at 16.8k), and fuck getting 6 stacks of furymints; that guy didn't have any materials at all.

lmao I knew I should have done the math. They are at 40k HQ on hyperion xD

[Buffy]

Is there any NPC buyable gathering gear ilvl 30-44?

[Fievel]

Seems like most of it is? I just checked on xivdb to see, it's sold all over depending on the ilvl. an NPC at tranquil sells some i30ish stuff, guy in coerthas sells ilv40ish stuff.

[Gulkeeva]

Go to one the major cities , check the leve's and go to the area's it offers the highest lvl, teleport to the leve npc town. Should be a NPC near it selling appropriate level gear.

[Deuce]

Can use that gil... to swim in!

I would do it for 12.5mil >.>

No way would 12.5mil be enough to cover the boredom levels reached doing that synth 297 times.

[Spider-Dan]

Can someone please explain this nonsense:

Spoiler: show

http://viperbeam.com/ffxiv/progress1.png

http://viperbeam.com/ffxiv/progress2.png

(next three were all during mass synth of same item)
http://viperbeam.com/ffxiv/progress3a.png
http://viperbeam.com/ffxiv/progress3b.png
http://viperbeam.com/ffxiv/progress3c.png

This "random progress increase" feature is a big problem for me.

[Diomer]

Can someone please explain this nonsense:

Spoiler: show

http://viperbeam.com/ffxiv/progress1.png

http://viperbeam.com/ffxiv/progress2.png

(next three were all during mass synth of same item)
http://viperbeam.com/ffxiv/progress3a.png
http://viperbeam.com/ffxiv/progress3b.png
http://viperbeam.com/ffxiv/progress3c.png

This "random progress increase" feature is a big problem for me.

Stop using whistle then?

[Kiarax]

Yeah, Whistle makes progress actions more potent at 3/6/9 stacks. It... half mentions it in the description, but it doesn't actually specify what it does. It only works on progress actions and not quality ones.

[Niiro]

So.

The lvl 58 BSM quest requires you to turn in an HQ titanium lump hammer......and rewards you with......an NQ one.

I'm sitting here with the hammer made in my inventory and the distinct feeling that I'm being trolled.

[crystalszero]

So.

The lvl 58 BSM quest requires you to turn in an HQ titanium lump hammer......and rewards you with......an NQ one.

I'm sitting here with the hammer made in my inventory and the distinct feeling that I'm being trolled.

DoH/L job quests work like this since lv20: you turn in a HQ stuff get a NQ reward, put is on MB

[Fievel]

So.

The lvl 58 BSM quest requires you to turn in an HQ titanium lump hammer......and rewards you with......an NQ one.

I'm sitting here with the hammer made in my inventory and the distinct feeling that I'm being trolled.

holy shit lol

[Niiro]

DoH/L job quests work like this since lv20: you turn in a HQ stuff get a NQ reward, put is on MB

I think you need to reread my post.

In no other quest were you ever tasked to make a tool for the job you're currently on as an HQ and be rewarded with that exact same tool as NQ.

[Ratatapa]

Man started caring about Red Script and man it's a hassle I've been doing Noble Gold and (I don't have a Miner retainer)

So I mined Everything to craft 17 noble gold took me about 2hish, so that's not bad

But crafting all of these, even with a macro is so long that i'd need like 2-4 food just for 1.5 week worth of red scrip

Guess i'm farming million of Seafood stew when i'm done here

Edit Looking for a good rotation to HQ lv 60 with 0 or 1 stars if anyone has a good one to share!

[Raldo]

Screw seafood stew, just use Baked Onion Soup. 2 less CP, 3 less Craftsmanship, oh no.

I don't know what crazy stuff you're doing to craft these things, but it takes me less than an hour to craft my red scrip shit manually. Not sure why you'd think using a macro it'd take you longer than that. The only way I could see it taking that long is if you're using GSM's Maker's Mark + Flawless Synthesis... geez that combo takes way too long.

[Ratatapa]

WEll I wanted to craft 17 noble gold

So crafting
17 Hardsilver Nugget
34 Harsilver Ingot
34 aurum Regis Nugget
17 Crysolite
17 Mormorion (sp)
17 Enchanted aurum Regis ink do take a long time

Yes I could just Quick synth, but I'm scared that my rotation is not strong enough to hit 4k Collectivity with just NQ mats, sincei rely alot of Hasty touch

[Raldo]

The minimum collectability is like... maybe half of the HQ bar. You can probably hit that with an IQ stack of 6 or 7 and the usual finisher (GS + BB) without even landing it on a Good. The likelihood of you not getting to IQ6 or 7 is pretty small unless your rotation is drastically different from mine (I use Hasty Touch as well).

Shit, your gear is even melded! I'm doing all this w/o any left side melds. I'd at least try a couple on NQ mats before I wasted my time HQing them.

[tenkiki]

Not sure if this will help, but it's what I use, crafting fast enough to cap red scrips for the week with only 1 HQ Onion Soup:

Comfort Zone
Inner Quiet
Steady Hand II
Precise/Hasty Touch
Precise/Hasty Touch
Precise/Hasty Touch
Precise/Hasty Touch
Precise/Hasty Touch
Steady Hand II
Precise/Hasty Touch
Master's Mend II
Precise/Hasty Touch
Precise/Hasty Touch
Precise/Hasty Touch
Steady Hand
Greater Strides
Innovation
Ingenuity II
Byregot's Blessing
Steady Hand
Name of Element
Brand of Element
Brand of Element
Careful Synthesis II/Brand

If there's a lot of goods for precise and/or no ToT, which doesn't happen often on 60 crafts, I ditch the last 2 steady hands. Also, you should be able to hit 4k quality easily with only nq mats if my alt using non melded gear and Byregot's Miracle can.

[Gulkeeva]

No kidding with that much melds, I don't think a macro with mass hasty touches would be an issue, unless you pull off a miracle of like 5+ hasty touch fails that may not even happen with no steady hand II.

I think around 5 inner quiet with bryregots + innovation on a normal with 650 base control is around 4,200 as is (enough for a turn in)

P.S. Seafood is control, not craft
(I have a ton myself, they are very cheap to craft if you do gathering, especially if you zerg etherical nodes for dusk/dawn sands)

[Buffy]

It's six inner quiet stacks for 4200 quality on the level 60 turn in items. That assumes no good/poor procs on anything that matters.

It also assumes GS > Innovation > BB.

[Gulkeeva]

Yup your right about 640 control got me 4,400ish quality at 6 stacks, forgot when you use inner you get one free ;/