Suggestion: make materia melds give a small boost to iLV

[diulalasing]

I was thinking the same.

ilevel should increase by the level of the materia attached to it

level 1: no increase
level 2: 1 ilevel increase
level 3: 2 ilevel increase
level 4: 3 ilevel increase

An ilevel 70 accessory that has 2 tier 4 materias on it would then become i76.

This ilevel increase would not increase the stat cap of the item. It's only to show that the item is now far better. average item level is now important, so melding should increase the ilevel to prevent inaccuracies.

That would work, but only if the materia is

a) fully in effect
b) it is a useful stats

Or people can meld 5x lightning IV and just use it to bypass ilvl limit of encounters