Direction Matters In Synthing?

I want to hear from players thoughts on synthesis vs. the elemental compass.

When I first started synthing I heard alot of the (rumors?) about the benefit of synthing on offdays and on days per crystals, for either lvling up or HQing and along with that similiar (rumors?) on the direction you face as per the elemental compass. After probably hundreds of thousunds of synths I don't feel too convinced in the elemental compass has any real affect on synthesis at all. Sure much of the time I have spent synthing in the past I was using the compass trying to get any benefit possible for help in my success, but I can't convince myself that any real luck I have encounted while synthing by the compass was anything but mere coincidence. Many of my rare synths have happened in off directions. My only lvl 100 hq happened on an offday and facing an off direction(Pro Ether+1) although every lvl 98 HQ Ive had (5 or 6)was on the optimal day (light on light)

It is worth noting that I have noticed a huge difference in the change of HQ percentage while synthing right on the 31 lvls over line (GS 54+1/silver bullets)where on offdays I would get litteraly no HQ at all, then when the on day or +accuracy day happens the HQs pick right back up and happen as much as they should throughout the whole elemental "on" day. Throughout the whole "off" day I tried facing different "on" directions and it was fruitless in salvaging my seeminlgy offset 31st lvl. On the on days I tried offsetting the tier by facing "off" directions and HQs still happened. So day mattered and direction did not according to the affect on actuall synthing lvl value according to my trials.

In a sense I have proved to myself that the the day can add or subtract from what lvl you are synthing at range of .5 to 1 lvl in potency, unless those trials were all a fluke, but I havent seen anything convincing like that in any of my trials of direction.

Besides the factor of day, the old rumor on direction goes like this. N=dark NE=light E=ice SE=wind S=Earth SW=lightning W=water NW=fire The rules for the directions would be the same as the rules for day where simialar direction to crystal adds accuracy to synth where the direction strong vs. crystal add HQ and breaks. Also that the Light and Dark day could be used simialarly where dark would embody the dark based elements and light the light based elements given the circumstance of crystal vs. current day vs. desired affect.

Does anyone have any stories, experiences, or any real proof that the directions affect crafting at all?! Also any ideas, arguments, stories, or really anything anyone playing ffxi has to share or say about crafting vs. direction, day, weather, characters status affect or anything I want to hear/read it.