A Relic Reborn question

I'm on the part of the quest where i have the precursor weapon, and the materia, but don't have them melded yet. I was told that i shouldn't equip or use the item until it's melded, but others have told me it's fine. I pretty much spent all my gil getting these things off the Market Board, and all the crafters want 20k gil to meld them, but it may be a while before i build up to that again. The weapon is a good deal better than what i have even without the materia, so it would help me to use it, but i really don't want to bone myself on the quest for the relic.

Anyone able to give me a definitive answer as to if i can use it before melding?

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Originally Posted by rabbitzero

I'm on the part of the quest where i have the precursor weapon, and the materia, but don't have them melded yet. I was told that i shouldn't equip or use the item until it's melded, but others have told me it's fine. I pretty much spent all my gil getting these things off the Market Board, and all the crafters want 20k gil to meld them, but it may be a while before i build up to that again. The weapon is a good deal better than what i have even without the materia, so it would help me to use it, but i really don't want to bone myself on the quest for the relic.

Anyone able to give me a definitive answer as to if i can use it before melding?

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You can use it or not. Of course if you use it, the weapon become bind to you so you can't trade it.
But to Meld your weapon, there's "Request Meld" menu when you right click on the person, that way you can meld things that bound to you without having to use Trade.

http://eorzeareborn.com/wp-content/u...t-materia2.png

Yes it is safe to use it, and to add to Theref's post, if you are using the gamepad or are on PS3 you can select someone then hit Square to open that right-click menu.

WOW 20k for a meld...im glad im not in your server :p...

Ask a LS / FC mate to meld it for free?

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Originally Posted by Craniux

WOW 20k for a meld...im glad im not in your server :p...

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Yeah it varies from server to server, server with big amount of gills on the flow of course have bigger fee :(
on my server it cost 1500 gills, and the precursor weapon varies between 3000 - 7500 gills.

I do melds for free on my server and if the person wants to tip, even just 5 gil, that's cool with me.
All it takes from a crafter is a push of a button and since you've spent money getting the materia etc, why should I take more from you?

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Originally Posted by Ephany

I do melds for free on my server and if the person wants to tip, even just 5 gil, that's cool with me.
All it takes from a crafter is a push of a button and since you've spent money getting the materia etc, why should I take more from you?

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push of a button? NoOoo. Take look at the sweat we have to shed to level up from 1 to 50, of course we deserve a bit tip from those who lazy to do this! :P

leave that aside. Well I'm pretty much same like you lol, "How much does it cost?" | "You decide". but people here usually gave me tips

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Originally Posted by Theref

Yeah it varies from server to server, server with big amount of gills on the flow of course have bigger fee :(
on my server it cost 1500 gills, and the precursor weapon varies between 3000 - 7500 gills.

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Wish i was on your server. ;)
The cheapest precursor was 55K, materia 9k. :(

Thanks all for the advice. I've been working on leveling crafting, but it's taking me ages, and since each item seems to need a different 50 to do, it's time consuming. :\

Just keep in mind it's going to go away once you trade it in for the quest, so keep a backup weapon.

People need to stop wasting money on buying materia. Spend the money you'd use to get materia and buy level 50 rings and necks and spirit bond them and convert them. You may get what you need on the first few, It may take 15 + trys. but you know what? It beats spending 75k each (which was the price on my server for the materia for the whitemage weap a few weeks ago)

It takes longer but you can save money. And who ever says they want 20k to meld materia needs to be punched in the dick. That's redic! I don't care how hard it was for you to level your shit to 50 doesn't mean you punish others cuz you wanted to level a crafting class. FFS. DO NOT PAY THOSE FEES. Most NORMAL people are VERY happy with a 1-5k tip for doing it. You know pressing a f'n button is so hard.

Hiya, I have the whm wep (Madman's Whispering Rod HQ), the two quicktongue III materia, and the grade 3 carbonized matter for the relic reborn whm quest. When I right click on a lvl 50 alchemist (who the staff says can meld materia to it) or anyone else for that matter, the "meld materia" option does not show up in the menu. When the lvl 50 alchemist right clicks me, the "meld materia" option is grayed out. I am wondering if the meld option is not available because the staff is HQ or if I am doing something else wrong.

Any help on this matter would be much appreciated, thanks!!

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Originally Posted by Graymalk707

Hiya, I have the whm wep (Madman's Whispering Rod HQ), the two quicktongue III materia, and the grade 3 carbonized matter for the relic reborn whm quest. When I right click on a lvl 50 alchemist (who the staff says can meld materia to it) or anyone else for that matter, the "meld materia" option does not show up in the menu. When the lvl 50 alchemist right clicks me, the "meld materia" option is grayed out. I am wondering if the meld option is not available because the staff is HQ or if I am doing something else wrong.

Any help on this matter would be much appreciated, thanks!!

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It seems you haven't take the quest at Mutamix. Go check your inventory and see if you can convert anything that is 100% spiritbond to you into a materia. If you can't then yes you havent take the quest.

I bought my precursor for 7k, and paid 2k for a very kind alchemist to meld it for me. materia x2 cost me 20k thought.

I used my precursor for 2 weeks, it's binding, no issue, I already gave it to the blacksmith npc.

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Originally Posted by lilena

People need to stop wasting money on buying materia. Spend the money you'd use to get materia and buy level 50 rings and necks and spirit bond them and convert them. You may get what you need on the first few, It may take 15 + trys. but you know what? It beats spending 75k each (which was the price on my server for the materia for the whitemage weap a few weeks ago)

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There's an old saying - time is money. Some people may not want to put forth the effort (and money) into spiritbonding items for days or even weeks at a time only for RNG to screw you by not converting the item in to the materia you need.

O.o Well indeed you are right at that. I saw the locked quest til I got a crafter to 19 and thought I would need to do that to get the meld materia option but there was another quest entirely. ThanX!!

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Originally Posted by Theref

Yeah it varies from server to server, server with big amount of gills on the flow of course have bigger fee :(
on my server it cost 1500 gills, and the precursor weapon varies between 3000 - 7500 gills.

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This makes me sad. I paid 100k gil for the materia, 50k for the weapon, and another 10k to have it melded.

Hence, the world we live in. Where people DEMAND a tip. A tip is only supposed to be earned if the customer deems that the supplier did an exemplary job and should be further compensated for something. I say FURTHER compensated, because you should already feel a sense of satisfaction just helping a peer out to acquire a relic weapon he/she most likely spent a ton of time to get the mats for.

Wow, switch servers? If you give me mats I will craft anything you need free of charge. I won't turn down a tip, but I sure as shit won't demand one either.