I almost repeated everything des said, but that is how it is now. They didnt even balance the actual recipes around this change. 18 mats for most jewelry and 27 mats for vanya pants are simply NOT worth it. Its 875 for darklight pants and 375 for darklight jewelry. Meanwhile it is 2250 for crafted jewelry and 3375 for vanya pants. making the base material cost so many mats was a hasty and thoughtless quick block on all upcoming crafters and current ones. It didnt even prevent what they made the change for, "balancing the longevity of content".
You know I think they did it because they jacked something up with something. I dont even think we can make g4 materia, and ilvl70 items arent recieving spiritbond. I bug reported it but they shot it ino insufficent lol. They also said items with HQ items and items with materia in them have higher chances of being higher grade, but they are still likely not happening because all of the HQ + materia items that I have that would turn into g3 anyways have become g3 materia.
Maybe someone who managed to produce a grade IV materia after early access can tell me otherwise. I haven't seen it happen.
