The crafting & gathering thread.

[Niiro]

I've used this as a guide:

https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comme..._rotation_and/

Use DE+Meth, take that number and reference the guide for which rotation to use.

[lilbubbles]

Anyone have any luck fishing water/ice clusters?

I tried getting the i180 rod and using my gp on chum instead of patience, I get much less fish obviously but I still end up with useless sea sand and not a single cluster.

It's not a big deal.. it's just annoying that I am swimming in all the clusters I need except water and ice.

[Raldo]

**Not a fisher

Do they not come from Reducible fish? Maybe even a few from CUL desynth? I mean, that would make the most sense, but idk.

[lilbubbles]

Yes, but with other types of aetherial reduction you can aim for 2/8 to maximize cluster gain. With fishing you can't target a lower quality fish, so you usually end up with 8/8s which are useless.

[Spider-Dan]

Yes, but with other types of aetherial reduction you can aim for 2/8 to maximize cluster gain. With fishing you can't target a lower quality fish, so you usually end up with 8/8s which are useless.

What do you mean by "2/8" and "8/8"?

[Shaano]

Aetherial reduction bar when you go to convert, there are 8 bars, 2/8 of bars filled 8/8 of bars filled etc

[Gulkeeva]

Anyone have any luck fishing water/ice clusters?

I tried getting the i180 rod and using my gp on chum instead of patience, I get much less fish obviously but I still end up with useless sea sand and not a single cluster.

It's not a big deal.. it's just annoying that I am swimming in all the clusters I need except water and ice.

Either fish up the Lv 58/59 reducable fish, or reduce your perception a ton to only get to the 6/8 ranges, 7/8-8/8 give seasands.

you'll get dawn sand for 5/9-6/8 but at least thats worth something

Personally, I just use the thousands of clusters I have and sell some to offset buying water/ice clusters in mass.

[lilbubbles]

Oh wow... I'm a moron.. my list of reducible fish was incomplete. Those low level fish can be straight caught with cheap bait. I'll try those.

[Shalafi]

Screw BSM, all my turn ins are adamantite which is expensive and limited because red scripts. GC is not so bad, but gathering all this adamantite is a pain in my ass and taking way too much time to get 59-60

[Raldo]

Screw BSM, all my turn ins are adamantite which is expensive and limited because red scripts. GC is not so bad, but gathering all this adamantite is a pain in my ass and taking way too much time to get 59-60

If money is no object, you can buy Adamantite Dolabras (~22k) from an NPC in Azs Lla and just do leves until you're done.

or if you have Titanium Ingots lying around, there's a lv56 leve that has you turn in 3x of those.

[Shalafi]

Right, totally forgot about leves; don't need Blue Scripts much any more so this fits perfectly, thanks!!

[Niiro]

Why couldn't they have just made Maker's Mark function as a single action that increased progress (the amount proportionate to the # of free Flawless synths it gives currently).

Half the time I don't even use it simply because I don't feel like taking the time to perform 8 goddamn actions just to save 1 turn later on.

[Raldo]

Half the time I don't even use it simply because I don't feel like taking the time to perform 8 goddamn actions just to save 1 turn later on.

Hahaha, 8 actions? Try doing it on a furnishing with 1000+ progress, it gives you like... 20. Maker's Mark is terrible and I never use it.

[Niiro]

Why would you even need it on a furnishing, you can't HQ them, there's no point in conserving durability >_>

[Luthia]

Why would you even need it on a furnishing, you can't HQ them, there's no point in conserving durability >_>

lmao. Rapid synth x3, done xD

[Raldo]

Why would you even need it on a furnishing, you can't HQ them, there's no point in conserving durability >_>

There isn't any point, I just did it to see what I would get

[Luthia]

There isn't any point, I just did it to see what I would get

Makers mark is supposed to be the holy grail for 2* synths tho, People swear by it. And honeslty, 1400 free progress on those things, I´d take it any day.

[Niiro]

It's a fine skill in terms of the usefulness of the effects, it's just a fucking ridiculous chore to actually use.

[Spider-Dan]

So what's your ability loadout with Maker's Mark/Flawless Synthesis?

I consider Hasty/SH2/Reclaim/TotT/CZ/CS2/BB all untouchable, which leaves me with Mani/Ingen2/WN/PbP to drop. I'm guessing Ingen2 and PbP are the ones to go?

Also, regarding PbP vs. Muscle Memory: PbP "increases remaining progress by 1/3," while Muscle Memory "increases progress by one third." So this is not the same thing, right? MM gives you 1/3rd of the total progress?

[Akiyama]

It's a fine skill in terms of the usefulness of the effects, it's just a fucking ridiculous chore to actually use.

I don't mind doing just a little bit of work if it can help me guarantee an HQ on an expensive as fuck item.