Crafting Troubles Post 1.18a

has anyone had troubles w/ crafting post patch 1.18a?
right after the patch i started failing synths that i have been doing for 5 ranks now (including leves) fail rates have jumped up and success % has decreased sharply.

i am wondering if, all though class fatigue has been taken away, a daily fatigue was implemented (e.g. catching 200 fish in one earth day from FFXI)

DoL jobs have a 'soft fatigue' where you repeatedly damage stuff after you've been grinding for so long, so it's not out of the scope of possibility.

It's been like this since the beginning. DoL's cap is what..250?150? Something like that, so I wouldn't be surprised if DoH had a similar cap.

I've been known to go on 6-7 hour crafting binges.. Never noticed a point at where you start failing far more frequently.. I noticed it on DoL quite soon on.

I have noticed a lower success rate with Hasty Hand

hmmm perhaps its just me, and i somehow pissed off my char to where they are limp wristing the synths...

nope have not had any issues like that at all.

Tender Touch, Hand of the Gods, Maker's muse is your best friend. Also, if you're trying to skill up or fish, drink mineral water and wear the necessary equipment for your craft/fishing/gathering class. Always use wait on prism orbs changing colors, they burst more often than the red orbs.

I don't know much about fishing though, sorry not my sort of thing.

You forgot Ingenuity.. That ability is so often over looked, but it's saved me sooo many times from certain fail.

Ingenuity,Perfection+rapid,and Hands of the Gods is what i use Grinding DOH and it seems to work pretty well. Going 5-8 ranks up i tend to botch maybe 3-5 synths per 100 or so.

I also have gone on pretty severe crafting binges and have never had hidden fatigue crop up like the DOL one.

thanks for the feed back ^.^ i think i just hit a bad patch in my crafting i'll try again tonight after work

SMITHING 30, WW 50, ALC 50.. time to get to work!