So I’ve briefly mentioned crafting before… but didn’t really say anything about it. The thing is, all the crafting classes have the exact same abilities and produce items in the exact same manner. It’s just the items they can create are different.
Early on you don’t have to worry about anything other than using the Basic Synthesis ability. Once you need to start crafting high quality items for class quests it gets a bit trickier, since quite a number of the abilities are traps.
A simple (if highly risky) way of handling them is by starting with Inner Quiet and then using some combination of Innovation, Waste Not, Hasty Touch, and Basic/Standard Touch combos. Any Tricks of the Trade that trigger can be used to replace Hasty’s with Basic’s, just make sure to use Trial Synthesis beforehand to see exactly what kind of synthesis combo you need to finish with; Basic Synthesis || Veneration + Basic Synthesis || Name of the Elements + Brand of the Elements.
Once you hit level 50 though you’ll want a reliable process to quickly craft the various master gear. Pretty much all of the macros I’ve seen around are for level 70 crafting and aren’t applicable for new(er) characters, so I put one together myself and it makes perfect high quality 80 durability level 50 items with a single button press (no high quality ingredients required):
- 262 CP (with at least 280 Craftmanship and 255 Control)
/ac “Inner Quiet” <wait.2>
/ac “Hasty Touch” <wait.3>
/ac “Hasty Touch” <wait.3>
/ac “Hasty Touch” <wait.3>
/ac “Hasty Touch” <wait.3>
/ac “Waste Not II” <wait.2>
/ac “Innovation” <wait.2>
/ac “Basic Touch” <wait.3>
/ac “Standard Touch” <wait.3>
/ac “Basic Touch” <wait.3>
/ac “Standard Touch” <wait.3>
/ac “Great Strides” <wait.2>
/ac “Byregot’s Blessing” <wait.3>
/ac “Basic Synthesis” <wait.3>
/ac “Basic Synthesis” <wait.3>