So I started working on some DoH jobs over the weekend, and I absolutely love the crafting "minigame". I'm still missing some of the cross-class abilities I'm going to need to reliably HQ stuff, but i'm getting there. So my plan is to get all of my DoL classes up to 50 before doing any more crafting. I'm hoping this will give me easier access to some HQ mats to make the HQ process easier. Before I go any further, I had a couple of questions. (I know, me have questions, what a shocker!)
Should I just grind out MIN and BOT to get myself a nice little (or big) stockpile of mats for my DoL jobs? Or should I level these through levelquests to ease a bit of the pain of the levelling process?
When crafting something, say with LTW, and say it's a 60 durability item. What I will usually do is:
IQ = Inner Quiet
SH = Steady Hand
ST = Standard Touch
HT = Hasty Touch
MM = Master's Mend
RU = Rumination
BS = Basic Synth
IQ > SH > HT > ST > HT > ST > HT > RU > MM > SH > HT > BS > BS > BS
This will usually get me a successfully crafted item and I'm usually hovering around 15% HQ chance. The only time I have problems is if the first 3 HTs fail. If that happens RU probably won't restore enough CP to MM and then SH again. If that happens I usually won't use the last HT in case one of the BS fails. Sometimes 3 BS isn't enough for 100% completion and when I try again I'll leave out the last HT.
So does anybody see a problem with this method at this point in my crafting career? I realize down the road I'll get new actions that will change this up, but when I get to level 15 in a craft, I have all of these available to me and it seems to be giving me the best chance to HQ something.
If I level up WVR next, will it open up any receipes for craftable crafting gear? Will GSM give me any crafting accessories, since at this point every slot on myu let side is full and the only thing on my right side is my offhand item and possibly my 3% spiritbonding ring (don't remember what level it is).