Materia Not Giving Full Stats

[Krokov]

so what does it go by the materia or the gear your trying to meld it too?

[Mhaeric]

so what does it go by the materia or the gear your trying to meld it too?

The gear determines cap. Most gear is already capped or near cap on main stats, so you're usually going to be melding secondary stats like determination, critical hit, and spell speed. Most item databases on the major fansites have melding caps listed in the comments of the most commonly melded items.