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)