ozric wrote:Im confused with the first part of this (quality here means grade ?)
And, (apart from boosts), when did crafting start using focus and counterparts ?
I don't get first part too well myself (I mean, doesn't it always go like that already), but the second is easy to interpret and you basically answered to that yourself: if you use craft skill 15 with hp boost 15 and the quality of the product comes lower that than, it uses the amount of focus that the hp boost 15 does (though, if the exp gets all messed up still since the mechanics treat Q25 mats product made under a higher craft skill degraded, what's the point?) Although the word counterpart might throw someone a bit off here.
Something to do whilst waiting the patch, trying to interpret patch notes