Why would a BLM meld mind in gear? Does this game do a poor job in explaining stats?

I asked but I did not get a clear answer so I just advised how to remove them. My friend was asking about this in a private ls to another and this was the convo:

This game does an awful job of explaining stats :\
what ya mean? i put my cursor over it and says "affects healing magic spells"
Yeah, but they'd have to actually lok at that to know
it doesn't say "Mind does this" when you pick up BLM

I saw that BLM in wall today in expert roulette before reset, fully upgraded shire, with mind V melds.

> i put my cursor over it and says "affects healing magic spells"

All you need.

It seems pretty self explanatory for most and I would think anyone actually expecting a more in-depth explanation would have the sense/know-how to find online class guides.

Maybe just make a one-time popup reminder when making a new character "Read your dang tooltips!"?

What level are we talking here? If they're still leveling it might just be to speed up the binding process to try for better materia.

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Originally Posted by EusisLandale

What level are we talking here? If they're still leveling it might just be to speed up the binding process to try for better materia.

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270 shire, I saw this in an expert before reset today. The materia was mind V, +15

Yeah, the attribute tool tips are pretty self-explanatory.

If you don't understand the difference between Healing magic and attack magic, on the other hand...I think you have bigger problems.

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Originally Posted by Ama_Hamada

270 shire, I saw this in an expert before reset today. The materia was mind V, +15

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I honestly want to assume they were doing that just to screw with people. The easier it is to replace things like that, and the game just throws Vs at you now, the easier it is to sit around looking like a mess while having necessary stats when needed.
Though I'm probably giving too much credit.

Tbf, while the tooltips are there, the game doesn't really give any indication that there are tooltips at all. Unless the player actually figures it out by hovering, it is kinda just a wall of stats.

That said, the fact that BLM gear comes with no Mind at all should have been a bigger indication that it's entirely unnecessary.

If the goal is to make the average player smarter the last thing we need is more unnecessary hand holding. The goal is to make people think, not try to do all the thinking for them. The tool tips for stats are fine as they are and the person in question was, as EusisLandale said, in all likelihood doing it to mess with people.

Has to be one of the more expensive April Fool's pranks in this game.