Revisions

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OCT 2014 – Convert macros to newer format with , reducing the macros required to run (slightly).

This is a compilation of research from FFXIV forums (original links at the end of this article)

+ feedback at reddit.

I’ve simplifed the system to just 2 sets of macros (40/80), 1 set of crafting gear (no AFs) and 1 food. The aim is to achieve the bare minimum to hit 100% HQ for 2 Star 80 DUR crafts and nearly 100% (95-100%) HQ rate for 40 DUR crafts. In theory there’s no need to hit HQ for any 40DUR crafts since you can hit 100% on 80DUR however economically you rather have some HQ mats to save some cost in your offhand (more on that later).

You can substitute some of the below gears for crafting AFs to save costs, however the set below allows you to only own 1 set of gear for all crafts, saving you much needed space and massive saving in melding less gears.

All the numbers you will ever need to remember

Craftsmanship 347 (no more, no less)

Control 318-340 (318 to do HQ 2Stars – 340 for 100% HQ 2Stars with NQ mats, 340++ for higher chance of 100% for 40DUR)

CP: 340-342 (Capped) – You would want to hit 342 Cap to eat cheap food NQ Bouillabaisse, it’s very cheap to cap CP so there’s no point not hitting 342.

The perfect gear would look like this

Craftsmanship 347 | Control 340+ | CP:342 (+food 376/385)

Macro CP requirements

40 Dur HQ 2 Stars = CP381 = 342 base + HQ Bouillabaisse = 385

80 Dur HQ 2 Stars = CP373 = 342 base + NQ Bouillabaisse = 376

Macro requirements

Most crafts at 50 except

Armorer 0

Blacksmith 15 for Ingenuity

Culinarian 37 for Hasty touch and Steady Hand II

Gears Setup

** AUCTION HOUSE NOTES **

Depending on your server’s AH, some materias (usually the lv I) might be a lot cheaper then II or III (or IIIs might be cheaper then IIs etc). The setup will vary from server to server on what is economical. For my server (Aegis), the Is are 30-40x cheaper then II & IIIs for CP, thus i penta-meld CP+1s instead of using CP+3s or CP+2 as i can get the materias at a greatly reduced price (200-300 vs 6000-9000). You logically would put the most expensive materias at the start of the meld and work your way to the cheaper ones at the back. As a gauge it usually takes 5-20 tries to meld the 5th meld. Which on my server would mean a maximum risk of 300G x 20 = 6000G for the last meld.

HQ Patrician’s Wedge Cap

3 Craftsmanship / 5 Control / 3 CP

HQ Patrician’s Coatee (Updated: HQ Dodore Doublet for 3slots, high overmeld chances).

14 Craftsmanship / 5 Control / 3 CP (unable to meld)

HQ Patrician’s Gloves

3 Craftsmanship / 5 Control / 3 CP

HQ Patrician’s Bottoms

5 Control / 3 CP

HQ Patrician’s Gaiters

3 Craftsmanship / 5 Control / 3 CP

HQ Raptorskin Merchant Purse

3 Craftsmanship / 5 Control / 3 CP

HQ Electrum Choker

3 Craftsmanship / 3 Control / 5 CP

HQ Red Coral Earrings

3 Craftsmanship / 3 Control / 6 CP

HQ Militia Wristlets

4 Craftsmanship / 4 Control / 6 CP

HQ Aetheryte Ring (x2)

4 Craftsmanship / 4 Control / 3 CP

HQ Offhand

5 Craftsmanship / 9 Control

(Minimum used – Actual cap is 19 Craftsmanship / 11 Control / 3 CP however u can’t get everything with 5 materia melds)

**NOTE ABOUT OFFHAND** To be very economical You only actually need to put +5Craftsmanship onto it (331 Control). However the extra 9 Control ensures 100% HQ on non-HQ mats (80 DUR crafts).If you use some HQ mats, you might go by without the 9 Control (which costs a bomb to meld), you can skip the control for some classes (ie cooking) since they often come with HQ mats.



Click the image below to see how materia is placed in each item. Currently the auction house on my server is selling most of the lv 1 materia at really cheap prices (200-300) so the best way is to spam them to complete 5 melds which is cheaper the spamming II or IIIs. The aim is to put as much stats on the gear and not the offhand as you will need to craft each offhand individually which will add to your costs. Also note that the only mandatory materia in the offhand is 5 Craftsmanship for 347 crafting. If your using some HQ mats, you can skip the 9 control on the Offhand, making it really cheap.

Macros

There are several steps of if-else due to “excellent-poor” conditions, so macros are broken into several steps.

The full macros without any if-elses would be:

2Star 40DUR High HQ rate macro

http://www.garytay.net/ffxiv_macro/?000103201212121203121212230309152116130707

2Star 80DUR 100% HQ rate macro

http://www.garytay.net/ffxiv_macro/?00011903090909090915021015211613070707

However by running the above macro outright you might (in rare situations) hit a poor on your synthesis/Byregot’s blessing resulting in a less then 100% HQ.

I’ve broken the macro into 11 different macros (don’t panic, it’s not that complicated) and put them on a hotbars since I use it so frequently.

The logic for the macros (flowchart for easy visualization) is that the macro stops when you are at a point where Excellent-poor will mess up the HQ results. At that point it forks into a decision. For 40DUR it’s a simple macro 3 or macro 4, and in the DUR 80 macro, there 2 points where Excellent will mess things up, as such there is 2 forks at the condition point.

**NOTE THAT ALL WAIT TIMES ARE SET TO 4 SEC JUST IN CASE LAG HITS ON A 2 STAR CRAFT! THIS IS BY DESIGN, THERE’S ALSO PAUSES AT THE START OF THE CONDITION MACROS, JUST IN CASE THE WRONG MACRO IS HIT, YOU HAVE 5 SEC TO HIT THE OTHER MACRO WHICH WILL OVERWRITE THE 1ST MISTAKE**





DUR 40 Macro

Macro 1 [Macro Link]

/echo 2Star HQ 40 DUR (PART1) /ac "Comfort Zone" <me><wait.4> /ac "Inner Quiet" <me><wait.4> /ac "Steady Hand II" <me><wait.4> /ac "Waste Not II" <me><wait.4> /ac "Hasty Touch" <me><wait.4> /ac "Hasty Touch" <me><wait.4> /ac "Hasty Touch" <me><wait.4> /ac "Hasty Touch" <me><wait.4> /ac "Steady Hand II" <me><wait.4> /ac "Hasty Touch" <me><wait.4> /ac "Hasty Touch" <me><wait.4> /ac "Hasty Touch" <me><wait.2> /echo Crafting Macro #1 Completed!

Macro 2 [Macro Link]

/echo 2Star HQ 40 DUR (PART3) /ac "Manipulation" <me><wait.4> /ac "Steady Hand II" <me><wait.4> /ac "Basic Touch" <me><wait.4> /ac "Great Strides" <me> /ac "Ingenuity" <me><wait.2> /echo Crafting Macro #2 Completed! /echo Hit "3" if normal /echo Hit "4" if Excellent

Macro 3 [Macro Link]

/echo CONDITION: NORMAL 5sec check Hit "4" if Excellent /wait 5 /ac "Innovation" <me><wait.4> /ac "Byregot's Blessing" <me><wait.4> /ac "Careful Synthesis II" <me><wait.4> /ac "Careful Synthesis II" <me><wait.2> /echo Crafting Completed!

Macro 4 [Macro Link]

/echo CONDITION: Excellent 5sec check Hit "3" if Normal /wait 5 /ac "Byregot's Blessing" <me><wait.4> /ac "Careful Synthesis II" <me><wait.4> /ac "Careful Synthesis II" <me><wait.2> /echo Crafting Completed!



DUR 80 100% HQ Macro

Macro 1 [Macro Link]

/echo 2Star HQ 80 DUR (PART1) /ac "Comfort Zone" <me><wait.4> /ac "Inner Quiet" <me><wait.4> /ac "Waste Not" <me><wait.4> /ac "Steady Hand II" <me><wait.4> /ac "Basic Touch" <me><wait.4> /ac "Basic Touch" <me><wait.4> /ac "Basic Touch" <me><wait.4> /ac "Basic Touch" <me><wait.4> /ac "Basic Touch" <me><wait.4> /ac "Great Strides" <me><wait.2> /echo Crafting Macro Part 1 Completed! /echo If condition is Normal hit "2" /echo If condition is Excellent hit "3"

Macro 2 [Macro Link]

/echo 2Star HQ 80 DUR (PART2.1) /echo CONDITION: NORMAL 5sec check Hit "3" if Excellent /wait 5 /ac "Steady Hand" <me><wait.4> /ac "Standard Touch" <me><wait.4> /ac "Great Strides" <me><wait.4> /ac "Ingenuity" <me><wait.2> /echo Crafting Macro Part 2.1 Completed! /echo If condition is normal hit "4" /echo If condition is Excellent Hit "5"

Macro 3 [Macro Link]

/echo 2Star HQ 80 DUR (PART2.2) /echo CONDITION: Excellent 5sec check Hit "2" if Normal /ac "Observe" <me><wait.4> /ac "Steady Hand" <me><wait.4> /ac "Standard Touch" <me><wait.4> /ac "Great Strides" <me><wait.4> /ac "Ingenuity" <me><wait.4> /echo Crafting Macro Part 2.2 Completed! /echo If condition is normal hit "4" /echo If condition is Excellent Hit "5"

Macro 4 [Macro Link]

/echo 2Star HQ 80 DUR (PART3.1) /echo CONDITION: NORMAL 5sec check Hit "5" if Excellent /wait 5 /ac "Innovation" <me><wait.4> /ac "Byregot's Blessing" <me><wait.4> /ac "Careful Synthesis II" <me><wait.4> /ac "Careful Synthesis II" <me><wait.4> /ac "Careful Synthesis II" <me><wait.4> /echo Crafting Completed!

Macro 5 [Macro Link]

/echo 2Star HQ 80 DUR (PART3.2) /echo CONDITION: EXCELLENT 5sec check Hit "4" if Normal /wait 5 /ac "Byregot's Blessing" <me><wait.4> /ac "Careful Synthesis II" <me><wait.4> /ac "Careful Synthesis II" <me><wait.4> /ac "Careful Synthesis II" <me><wait.4> /echo Crafting Completed!

Final Words

With the above setup you can craft all 2Stars gears and HQ most DUR 40 Mats.

This article is a combination of trial and error and reading tons of forum threads/reddit on crafting while working on my crafting generator and generally having lots of fun burning gils on melds.

References

Gearing Setup http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/115707-Requesting-stats-cap-for-HQ-Patrician-s-set

Macro discussion http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/113810-80-Durability-100-HQ-using-all-NQ-materials.