I'm sorry. Maybe I should clarify. I know how melding worked in 1.0. That is not what I'm asking. I'm asking theoretically if other people think getting catalysts will be harder, therefore more expensive on the market then they already were. If cataclysts became more expensive, the price of melding will go up if you are not making your own materia and catacylsts. Melding will be harder to do since it is more
costly. This thread isn't about materia creation; but the gathering aspect of cataclysts and how it will effect the markets. Anything I've seen in the videos so far will not effect spirit-bonding in the least.
Once you have the components required to try to meld on a item I believe it will be the same difficulty as before; 100% for the first materia, 50% on the 2nd etc...
Thanks for your input though!
TL;DR
I know how materia melding worked in 1.0, this is really more about cataclysts and how it will effect the market. But thanks anyway!