Bye bye Materia in dungeons and hello to farm crystals.

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"The rate at which gear gains spiritbond will now be reduced when gear is not the appropriate level for a given duty or open-world encounter."
"open-world encounter"
I'm pretty sure fighting enemies in Urth's Gift in the OPEN WORLD would be considered a OPEN WORLD encounter.

and I'm pretty sure binding ilvl 49 accessories while killing lvl 50 enemies will be fast, if not even faster then pre 2.35

and facerolling lvl 30 enemies for fast binding lvl 30 gear shouldnt be a step backwards too

[Appleh4x]

and I'm pretty sure binding ilvl 49 accessories while killing lvl 50 enemies will be fast, if not even faster then pre 2.35

and facerolling lvl 30 enemies for fast binding lvl 30 gear shouldnt be a step backwards too

Are you trolling or just dense? No one WANTS to do this shit.

[Empressia]

Are you trolling or just dense? No one WANTS to do this shit.

U forgot how desperate peeps will do whatever it takes!

[Rhysati]

Are you trolling or just dense? No one WANTS to do this shit.

And I don't want to spiritbond PERIOD. So should they just remove it altogether then?

[Giantbane]

And I don't want to spiritbond PERIOD. So should they just remove it altogether then?

It's not really a bad idea. You acquire all this awesome gear just to take it off and wear junk so you can turn it into materia. That seems contradictory to what you're trying to do in game (get more powerful).

The system for generating materia could stand to be reworked to change this.

This is in addition to the fact that MND,INT,DEX & elemental materia are all pretty much worthless right now.