Confused by live letter....

[MithrasInvictus]

Implying that we can fill the item gaps with crafted gear is hilarious to me because of just how utterly useless the materia system is at the moment, and how completely neglected crafted gear is after about level 45.

Please, someone explain to me how exactly I'm supposed to make a cobalt cuirass better by melding a load of elemental materia to it that don't do anything? Or maybe Mind IV? I suppose I could use all these gathering materia I've got lying around...

Why the heck would you meld elemental materia onto a piece of tanking armour?! You would put DET and CRIT onto a Cobalt Cuirass if you wanted to buff it... It will take accuracy as well, but you should be more than capable of hitting monsters regularly without a big accuracy buff in any scenario that will see you alive in ilvl49 gear.

[Mysteltain]

Why the heck would you meld elemental materia onto a piece of tanking armour?! You would put DET and CRIT onto a Cobalt Cuirass if you wanted to buff it... It will take accuracy as well, but you should be more than capable of hitting monsters regularly without a big accuracy buff in any scenario that will see you alive in ilvl49 gear.

Uh, not sure if you're aware, but they were joking.