feldon30 wrote:
Ardrek wrote:
what am I missing?
That crafting is on a 4 second cycle.
Every 4 seconds, a crafting round ends (red and/or green numbers float up from the table) and a new round begins (sometimes you'll be asked to press a Reaction).
Also, you should familiarize yourself with the 6 reaction buttons. 3 of them improve item quality (durability). 3 of them increase crafting speed (progress). Most crafters use a mix of them.
Please note:
You will only have green numbers floating up from the crafting table if you still have turned on.
Personally I turned off all the combat number garbage about the time of my first raid, 6 years ago.
But as above the crafting table has a cycle and it is easy to get the timing such that you can hit 3 buttons, then wait for the "woosh" signaling the advancment of the bar. When the "woosh" sound comes so does a icon that you have to counter.
My method:
Start item
Immediately hit the 4th, 5th and 6th icon. You need to time it so the "4th button" one finishes just before you hit the 6th.
That way you get the maximum progress.
Wait for the "woosh" and hit the appropriate icon to counter it (if one appears).
If nothing appears at the "woosh", hit 4th, 5th and 6th again in a quick sequence.
Now if you notice that the green bar is starting to drop dangerously low (less than half of the bottom bar is gone) then instead use the 1st, 2nd and 3rd buttons to push up the durability.
I use the 3 righthand buttons to get the product made fast (inrease progress), but switch back to the left 3 if I am losing durability.
The timing with the "woosh" is the key, if you mistime it you'll have a button queued up and then don't have a chance to counter the effect.