Materia System Revisions (06/13/2013)

[NoloeTazier]

Why would you feel sorry for him? He is still going to have quads in every slot in ARR. I feel like people aren't reading carefully.

ALL Materia is now Cracked Materia. Look at the picture, if you had a Penta-Meld Cobalt Cuirass with 5 STR Materia, you now have a 5x Meld Cracker Materia Cobalt Cuirass. Which you have the option to exchange for Materia of your choosing or the "currency" for Raid/Darklight gear.

[Ikkenoe]

ALL Materia is now Cracked Materia. Look at the picture, if you had a Penta-Meld Cobalt Cuirass with 5 STR Materia, you now have a 5x Meld Cracker Materia Cobalt Cuirass. Which you have the option to exchange for Materia of your choosing or the "currency" for Raid/Darklight gear.

* Materia that has already been affixed to gear can be converted as is.

Even after converting cracked materia, there is the possibility certain gear will see a decrease in effectiveness when compared to Version 1.0.

[NoloeTazier]

* Materia that has already been affixed to gear can be converted as is.

Even after converting cracked materia, there is the possibility certain gear will see a decrease in effectiveness when compared to Version 1.0.

Ah, so it's saying those melds will retain the stat values of the quad-meld? That's odd if all Materia is becoming obsolete cracked Materia, with some Materia downright no longer existing like +enmity.

[Ikkenoe]

Ah, so it's saying those melds will retain the stat values of the quad-meld? That's odd if all Materia is becoming obsolete cracked Materia, with some Materia downright no longer existing like +enmity.

Sort of. Unless I'm wildly wrong about this (and that is possible), the implication is that when you convert a piece of gear with, say, four pieces of grade IV cracked materia- you get back gear with four pieces of grade IV ARR materia of your choice. I believe the main reason they throw up the disclaimer about the reduced potency is in the event of ARR grade IV materia, which all have the same stat value, having a lower value than your old grade IV from 1.0 (IE: your old grade IVs had 20 STR each, the highest 1.0 value, but the new ARR grade IVs are a standard 18 each). Plus, grade V is the new highest tier, so if you want a quad meld with all grade V's you'll have to start over on a new piece.

Still get to keep your old quads, but with new materia types/values they just may not be as strong as they were before (or as strong as a quad V in ARR).

[Niqote]

I just want to say... Thank you.

It never made sense to me that you would lose your gear after a failed meld.

[Pandemonium]

* Materia that has already been affixed to gear can be converted as is.

Even after converting cracked materia, there is the possibility certain gear will see a decrease in effectiveness when compared to Version 1.0.

As of ARR:

Enhancement Cap - Maximum enhancement values will be imposed upon each gear slot.

So that quad meld of +20 (80) - will now be capped. Noone can say what yet as the cap could be set anywhere from 20-80.

But hey, lets have some speculation! Would it be a fair assumption that SE stick it right in the middle around 40-50 ish?

[Orophin]

As of ARR:

Enhancement Cap - Maximum enhancement values will be imposed upon each gear slot.

So that quad meld of +20 (80) - will now be capped. Noone can say what yet as the cap could be set anywhere from 20-80.

But hey, lets have some speculation! Would it be a fair assumption that SE stick it right in the middle around 40-50 ish?

If 5x melds are still possible, I don't know why you wouldn't be able to hit the max value of the materia and gear allowed, but I guess they want some limit in place.