Am I missing something about Novus?

[Rydia13]

I just used 4 different stats to spread the cost so I never even needed any tier IV materia at all. I think you are right, there's no point in spending gil or time on getting to cap with only 2 stats. Just buy some cheap tier I-III materia, get your novus weapon and be done with it. It's still a novus, doesn't make a huge difference what secondary stats you use.

This logic scares me. What is the point in spending any time and effort at all then? Just leave it as Animus, put it in your retainer and call it a day. You're only wasting your own time and gil if you're not upgrading it correctly. It's not that difficult to do hunts for myth/alexandrites and SB gear for the proper materia ya know. At least do 25/25/25 like the OP mentioned, 4 stats is just butchering it.