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Sorry for the title, but I really need to ask a favor from the knowledgeable crafters here. If you click the link in my sig, you can see my meld setup for my Culinarian. Being my first craft to 50, I slapped on my early melds in a bit of a haphazard fashion and then piled on more stats as time went by, not following a plan. I don't mind it so much because I don't really plan on ever doing 3-star synths on her. HQ 2-star foods are as good as I or my FC will likely ever need, and it can handle those no problem now.

My Carpenter is another matter. I'm looking at the Craft/Control floors for the three star stuff, and I'm looking at the known stat caps on my CUL AF (caps should be the same across all AF sets, AFAIK) and going "How in the name OF THE GREAT ZOMBIE OVERLORD am I gonna reach these?!" I keep looking around the net and people say "just max all ur melds lol" which isn't very helpful, or they point to some guide from freaking 2013 that seems to be linked everywhere, and looks quite a bit like my CUL meld setup, which isnt even CLOSE. Or they share their super-1337 100% HQ 2-star macros with me without answering my question, which is nice but un-necessary. The whole thing is as clear as mud.

So please, someone break this down to me at a second-grader level. If I am a CRP, and I wanna craft 3-star items, what materia do I need to meld to what pieces in what order, to hit the 3-star stat floor? Don't give me options, don't give me spreadsheets. Just give me a simple, K.I.S.S. "Do this, ya big dummy!" list. Please?

I.... I just..... but.....



If that was intentional, I applaud you. My eyes actually teared up a little. 10/10

Have the max meld stats changed since 2013? Just asking because I've been gone since late December.

Gotcha. So basically all you want to do is get to the needed Control and Craftmanship requirements to make Ancient Lumber for furniture for your FC. Alright. Well, admittedly you may run in to a bit of a wall when it comes to HQing Spruce Plywood to get the Artisan's Chocobo Tail Saw, since making 50 of those, while not as hard as 3-star synths, is still annoying.

Right, so. Ignoring CP since you only care about meeting the Control and Craftmanship requirements, and avoiding any Tier 4. what you should do is ...

Choker:
Control III
Craftmanship I

Earrings:
Control III
Craftmanship I

Wrist:
Control III
Craftmanship II
Control I

Ring x2:
Control III
Craftmanship II
Control I

Head (if you aren't getting the glasses):
Control III
Control II
Craftmanship II

Body:
Craftmanship III
Craftmanship III
Craftmanship III
Control III
Control II

Hands:
Control III
Control II
Craftmanship II

Legs:
Control III
Control II
Craftmanship I

Feet:
Control III
Control II
Craftmanship I

Offhand Tool:
Craftmanship III
Control III

Belt:
Control III
Control II
Craftmanship I

So all of that in a nutshell will get you to your Craftmanship and Control requirements while avoiding Tier 4 materia and forgoing any CP concerns. I would do more to try and help like look at foods to consider to lessen the materia load, but sadly after my last post my internet went down, so this is all being done by phone and believe me, this is totally inconvenient. Heh.

If anyone else wants to try and take a crack at laying out what he should meld, go for it.

Edit: Just one more thing. I don't know what the prices are like on your server, but at least on Sargatanas, Tier 4 CP materia is pretty damn cheap. I would earnestly recommend at least trying to meld CP to your accessories even if you don't meld to your legs and feet (the only body accessories that accept materia) since that will make the grind for the artisan tool easier.

Edited, Jun 21st 2014 1:08pm by Satisiun

I should have been more specific. I was asking about the HQ AF melds, as I never bothered with the patrician's set.

I'm assuming those max stats are unchanged from 2.0?

Yeah, I was aiming a little higher intentionally since, as I mentioned in my post, at the time I was dealing with a broken Internet and had to try and figure this all out without as much of my usual data/knowledge on hand. So I highballed the Craftmanship since that was the only thing I wasn't sure about.

Aetheryte rings cap at 4 craftsmanship, so a single Tier II materia will cap it.

Offhand has a crazy high craftsmanship cap though (19 according to one source I found). So you can definitely cram more craftsmanship into that slot. However, it only has one guaranteed meld.