Thoughts on melding?

Pentamelding hasn't really been a thing for awhile which is great because I don't ever think it should be a obligation, moreover just for perks.

However I think the % is pretty brutal to consider it useful, even while leveling your character up (unless your using tier 1's).

Anyone else think the % chance is too low? I think the 5th meld % chance is fine but the other 3 are kinda far off. The first nonmelded slot usually drops down to 30% chance right off the bat. Seems kinda overkill for just perks.

This is just my thoughts but:
first meld = 100%
Extra slot 2 = 75%
extra slot 3 = 50%
extra slot 4 = 25%
extra slot 5 =15%

%'s will vary a bit depending on the tier of materia like they do now (high tier = somewhat lower chance...

I think Blue gear should always be higher ilvl than the meldable gear so that no one feels obligated to meld, it should just be for perks. Like I said though, the current %'s are kinda high risk/low rewards for just being a perk.

Whats everyones thoughts on current meld system anyway?

My thoughts on melding: It has something to do with crafting, so I want to have nothing to do with it.

That said, I am in no way qualified to discuss it any further, since I would have no clue what I'm actually talking about.

It sounds like drastic changes are in store for the melding system. A complete overhaul so to speak. Penta-melding accessories was pretty much a requirement for Paladins to beat AS3 and AS4. Penta accessories have also been very popular best-in-slot items since T13 Bahamut and it sounds like the Devs are going to make adjustments that directly affect that.

At this point I wouldn't worry about penta-melding until the patch comes out. Though I never had a problem with the percentages in the past; considering how vastly superior perfectly melded gear is. The % is also affected by which tier of materia you are trying to affix.

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Originally Posted by Mycow8me

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I'd wish rng was gone for melding and we'd get a fun little minigame to meld instead (blah blah market values).

Anyway yeah the % is little overkill for tier 1s and such. If you ask me, anything lower than tier 3 materia should never go below 50% and tier 4s( aside from tier 5s) should be the only ones to reach 20%. Btw, I hate rng. :/

Actually no, make it reverse, higher tier materia should have %.........you know what?

JUST GIVE ME MY MELDS >: (
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It just feels like a lot of work and dice rolling, all for a miniscule benefit that, by SE's on insistence, will never exceed its ilvl or set stat caps. That, I really hate.

Pentamelding is still a thing for raid tanks and has been for a while to the point where square feels the need to nerf it.

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Originally Posted by Dante_V

Pentamelding is still a thing for raid tanks and has been for a while to the point where square feels the need to nerf it.

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But what does materia do for me, the non world-first raider? Most of the time crafted gear isn't worth the time cost, and explanations to the party to meld, compared to say, token gear, and that's not even entering the fact that not all stats have an noticable effect even if you slotted them on all pieces.

That's not even going into elemental resistance, an entire subset of materia that is functionally worthless. Even parry doesn't fail that hard.

I've actually never tried melding the elemental resistance to see how much it effects damage but really who would with these %'s anyway?

They are mostly just fodder for transmutation i'm guessing.

Melding is just a joke compared to what it used to be. Same with materias purpose and value. It could be expanded on and made a whole lot better but it's not. Nobody is going to bother with melding gear much since the token gear you get from tome grinding is all that's needed to run every piece of casual content into the ground. Yes as stated penta melded accessories are good for the hardcore raiders but that's a small % of the player base and not everyone needs gear like that for what they do. As for craft and gathering melding is used as a way to stat cap things. It doesn't improve your craft or gathering abilities compared to before you melded that gear. All it's for is the "You need x# of gather/perception to gather/HQ at this node" or "You need x# of craft/control to be able to craft this item". Once you reach those requirements all those melds and stats really don't hold a benefit since you are still dealing with the heavy RNG system. To be honest as a craft/gatherer when you blow up 30-40 melds at 29% success rate only to see hey I can finally gather/craft this item and then you see the 5% fail rate for gathering at the node proc twice in a row. Or you can now craft an endgame item only to see the 20% chance to fail of HT+SH2 proc 5x in a row or 3-4 times in a total of 10 synths. You start to question is it even worth it and what's the real purpose to it is.

I'd like to see the system revamped at some point. Having more types of materia to play around with would be quite interesting. At the moment it's just sort of...there. The market on my server is completely flooded with them to the point where making a profit is borderline impossible.