Someone claims to have a Panther Mask +1 HQ Code : FFXI General Discussions

Posted: April 19th, 2006, 2:07 pm

groovebox
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Saw this on Alla this morning, now usually I wouldn't believe !@#$%^&*. However, the people that he refers to as players who can vouch for them are pretty well known on other message boards as being reliable people. I'm not a Leathercrafter, but I plan to test some !@#$%^&* out as a Clothcrafter using a similar method. Anyways, here it is.

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From what ive read here and there, and noted on other servers.. No one knows how to make these!!! Seriously, i think Siren server is the only one with people who actively try to make panther +1s and succeed. I for one have made probaby 5x the number of panther +1s than my next closest competition.. so wanna know what i do? Good! Read and learn, dont !@#$%^&* because you cant hq them.

Fist off this only pertains to a 101+ leathercrafter. If you are less than 101 with armors, guild support should work, but also note that if you are 101 or above with armors, guild support does not matter.. i have made most of my panther +1s in Jeuno.. and only 5 that i can recall i actually used guild support.

When to synth:
I use a nice little chart to determine exactly when to synth. which i could spend all night doing ascii art to graphically depict it, but im not going to.. So, i'll just explain it the best i can.
Moon phases: There are only 4 moon phases that you need to concern yourself with.. These being Full moon (90%-100%-95%), New moon(10%-0%-5%), First quarter moon(40%-55% Up), and Last quarter moon(60%-45% Down). I put in the percentages just for clarification later.
Everyone knows that each moon phase is 15%, so there is 1 game day left off of each particular moon phase. SO: Since Panther Masks are a Tier 0 Ice synth, you want to synth on a game day with the absolute strongest possible elemental opposition to Ice. Which, in this case, would be a Firesday. But just synthing on any given firesday could return a hq, but the odds are greatly lower unless you actually find the best firesday to synth on.
The best firesday possible to synth on would be Firesday New Moon 0%. Why? Because when firesday falls on 0%, iceday will be at 7% and 12% game time.. NO iceday in that new moon phase, so there is no corresponding ice element in the phase to add any resistance to +1ing these. Sounds tricky huh? Not really. If you look here ~> http://ffxi.lokyst.net/timer/crafttimer.html you see a nice crafting timer. Just set the maximum displayed days to like 1000 or something. When Iceday falls on 88% WXG, 38% WXC, 12% WNC, or 62% WNG, Synth on the following Firesday.

Now, I'm not going to explain this part.. just take it as i give it. When doing your panther synths, grab a bunch of them, you never know what could happen... FACE Northwest on Firesday and synth between 12:00 and 15:00 Game time, or synth at 21:00-24:00 game time in the moon phase lacking an iceday, and you will inevidably get a nice hq.

Sorry, im not great at explaining these things, but this also works for any tier0 synth, only times and directions are a little different..
The best ive done with Panther Mask +1s however was 7 out of 36 on new moon firesday 0% facing northwest at specified times. I may not make one every day, but i am well known for making Panther +1s all the time.. ask Alucards.. i made him one out of a total of 4 synths.. or Treefidy who loves to buy them from me and resell for profit at the ah

Good Luck...

Also, if you do something like 10 synths and dont hq one.. well, it happens. i cant make them hq for you, i can just tell you exactly when to synth them and hopefully all goes well. but they are still a lvl 100+ synth, so you cant hq them all the time. ^.^

Posted: April 19th, 2006, 5:44 pm

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old....
Synthing Compass on the internet, the directions thing is indeed true, also the days affect it as well.

Posted: April 19th, 2006, 5:51 pm

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Yeah this method is well known among high level NA and JP crafters. I remember when MikeJustice (well known Smither) on Alla typed that he once saw a high level JP Smither facing NorthEast during Lightsday 100% Full Moon and HQing a bunch of Haubergeon. He figured that was the best time to HQ for all crafts. Fortunately for him, it worked best for him because most Smithers use Earth Crystal to forge gears or weapons. Now, the reason why this works not just for Smithers but for most craft that uses Earth Crystal is exactly what the the poster on Alla typed. During the time of that Full Moon, Earthsday is missing. The crafter is facing NorthEast because Earth is part of the dark elemental and northeast is Light direction. Why is the crafter not facing let's say Fire or Wind direction? It's because while facing Light, there is a 1.) 3 out of 4 chance to succeed the synth and 2.) 3 out of 4 chance to HQ. There's a chart available about what days to HQ and skill-up on Alla if you use the search function. Oh, I forgot to mention the reason for crafting on Lightsday with Earth crystal is the same reason for facing that direction.

Now, in terms of what time to start the synth? I'm looking at my notes and it looks like I misplaced them. I will edit this post when I find it. Pretty much the first paragraph is a big HINT to those people who want to HQ items that uses Earth crystal. Then again, us high level crafters knew this method already, so it's nothing new. If you didn't know about this, what you waiting for? Go make that money legit! :wink:

Posted: April 19th, 2006, 6:35 pm

sotradamus
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Compass is BS.
On that matter, so is crafting.

It's all random, you guys are looking way too much into it.

Posted: April 20th, 2006, 4:34 am

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sotradamus (!empty($user->lang['WROTE'])) ? $user->lang['WROTE'] : ucwords(strtolower(str_replace('_', ' ', 'WROTE'))):

Compass is BS.
On that matter, so is crafting.

It's all random, you guys are looking way too much into it.

to an extent I agree with you. I craft hundreds of items a day to make gil, with cooking. The only things I have noticed make a difference in HQ rate is moon phases and the day it is. The rest of it is just luck. I never pay attention to what direction I'm facing. My parcer tracks that information and I notice no better / no worse HQ rate in any direction.

Posted: April 20th, 2006, 7:47 pm

thehurlster654
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Crafting is really luck based in my opinion. There is nothing that is going to give you a HQ 100% of the time. There are things that may or may not help you out depending on who you ask.

Posted: April 22nd, 2006, 4:42 am

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Mmm "compass is BS" ill 25% agree with. I swear i've had more successes using the proposed synthing guides in the right direction on the right day than just random directions.

I have it bookmarked assuming you don't want to /search for it.

Posted: April 24th, 2006, 4:54 pm

valgaris
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sotradamus (!empty($user->lang['WROTE'])) ? $user->lang['WROTE'] : ucwords(strtolower(str_replace('_', ' ', 'WROTE'))):

Compass is BS.
On that matter, so is crafting.

It's all random, you guys are looking way too much into it.

Uhh what level crafter aare you cause i got 97 Smithing 97 Cooking &2 Alchemy 73 Woodworking and pretty much 60 in most others on several charecters and i know for a fact that direction effects synth as well as day and moonpahse. You are extremely Naive to believe that it dosn't. That or have no experience in crafting.

All high level crafters know how to get the best out of their synths. HQ is based on percentage. Your level copmpared to craft level gives you a certain percentage to get an HQ. Then add factors of Mog enhancement, Moghouse power, Direction, Day and Moonpahse and you get higher/lower percentages. Do some reseearch of your own before you judging others please. It dosen't do anyone any good.

Posted: April 25th, 2006, 10:29 am

tuxedomask
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At the fair, SE said:
Craft in what ever direction your heart tells you.

Or I beleive that was the quote.... Surely that suggests direction has nothing to do with it? Either that or SE is being purposely flippant and extra-annoying

Posted: April 25th, 2006, 1:35 pm

sauron2
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I believe the "heart" phrase was in reference to a fan asking whether or not certain items in inventory affect TH. They're evading the question, so it doesn't really matter.

Posted: April 25th, 2006, 5:00 pm

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- they were asked about Treasure Hunter, and about CHR vs Voke. the dev answering laughed and was hesitant to answer because "If I tell you too much, as soon as I get back to Japan I'll be dead." but he told us the following:
- Treasure Hunter has nothing to do with damage dealt, or the final kill.

as for the direction thing he did say something about trust your heart and would not give a definative answer because they would again kill him when he got back to japan

Posted: April 26th, 2006, 8:11 am

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All of my HQ's, except one, have been on eitiher lightsday, the day of the crystal, and one on the day weak to the crystal ...., and that being said all of my good skill up sessions come on the day of the crystal as well ... the day strong against my crystal have always ... and by always i mean a good 18 months, worth of &$%&^ results. Just my two cents worth on it.