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    Elemental Resistance Materia question

    Besides helping make spirit bonding a quicker experience, is there any real purpose to using elemental materia? Of course I don't expect it to be as important as Savage Aim, for example, but is there ever really a point to having elemental resistance materia affixed to crafted hear?
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    Quote Originally Posted by DBthaONE View Post
    Besides helping make spirit bonding a quicker experience, is there any real purpose to using elemental materia? Of course I don't expect it to be as important as Savage Aim, for example, but is there ever really a point to having elemental resistance materia affixed to crafted hear?

    Currently, no not really. Think of it as playing the Russian Roulltte of spirit-bonding.

    "Aw balls, got Ice IV again.."

    Luckily you can use this materia to speed-up the spirit-bonding process. (Items with materia bond quicker)
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    Short answer: nope, pretty much useless. Long answer: Even if you stack it on every piece, you will barely notice a difference in damage reduction and this really only affects Tanks. Which they're better off going with higher def/magic def gear which includes more HP. As for others, HP would still be the better stat.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Shioban View Post
    Currently, no not really. Think of it as playing the Russian Roulltte of spirit-bonding.

    "Aw balls, got Ice IV again.."

    Luckily you can use this materia to speed-up the spirit-bonding process. (Items with materia bond quicker)
    That's what my idea of it is. I am more or less wondering if anyone in the community has any insight as to whether elemental materia has (or will have in the future) any significant purpose other than what I currently understand.

    What I do know is converting i70 gear into Fire IV is quite depressing.
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    Quote Originally Posted by DBthaONE View Post
    That's what my idea of it is. I am more or less wondering if anyone in the community has any insight as to whether elemental materia has (or will have in the future) any significant purpose other than what I currently understand.

    What I do know is converting i70 gear into Fire IV is quite depressing.
    Well hopefully down the road we can get unique stats and an elemental wheel, not like a little complexity would hurt after all most FF fans are use to SOME wheel. It'd be nice to have a real elemental wheel and then something for the piercing/blunt/slashing they added in 2.0. But this probably wouldn't happen till 2nd or 3rd expansion (current things being a ground work), kinda sad Pokemon has such an in depth system and it's for "kids."
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