So I'm about to hit alchemy 92 (91.7)... and all this time I knew what the success directions were, but I never knew the HQ directions. Now since I'm facing HQ directions, I've been HQing probably 50-75% more than I ever was. So today I tried doing a few Hawker's knives since I'm in tier 1... and what do you know, I went 1/4 on +1s. I was 0/10. I'm HQing more glass fiber from goblin/moblin masks, making more mercury, prism powder, etc., and went 4/12 on cermet knife +1s, just fooling around (you can get a small profit off 'em). I sit and realize why so many people get HQs on their synths and I always wondered if that could be me... and now, hey, it can!
Someone slap me for this thoughtless, mindless error I've been doing for so long. Elemental wheel is your friend... and now my best friend.
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