Quote Originally Posted by whiskeybravo View Post
It is incredibly strange that some crafted i90 fully melded outweighs it's Soldiery/HA equivalent, isn't it?

In theory, what you are saying is correct. For right now though, it appears 1 materia = 1 attribute point, regardless of tier. Why would it only start to decrease Determination but not any other stat? (I read what you are saying 1 det materia = .7 attribute, instead of 1:1 ratio on other materia)
To answer your first question, I don't believe that is a valid comparison. Just because materia is part of the Novus process doesn't mean that it can be compared to crafted gear. The scrolls let us choose our 75 points of weight for ourselves. That's all. We get 75 points. Precisely equal to other i110 weapons. If we were actually allowed to have 44 Something and 31 Det on a weapon, for example, that breaks tier equality unless people who don't have Determination are allowed to add more of the lesser weighted stats as well. This is proven false by the patch note example of a Gae Bolg with 44 Crit and 31 Skill Speed, which adds up to 75.

As I stated before, Determination is well known to be weighted differently than other stats. If we assume that I'm correct and that Determination will lower at the moment of the Novus upgrade, than the reason we still had to, say, meld 31 materia to get 22 determination is simply fairness. Everyone has to get 75 Alexandrite and meld 75 materia to their scroll. Everyone. It doesn't matter what stats we choose. It's simply unfair if some people get their Novus 10 days quicker by choosing a stat that has a higher weight.

For reference, the stats that have higher weights as secondaries are Determination and Piety. I think all the others are 1:1. Determination appears to be weighted at about 1.41 per point and Piety appears to be weighted at about 1.34 per point. Give or take. Of course, the math will probably get weird if one chooses Determination and Piety for the Novus.