Quote Originally Posted by Jican View Post
Actually in either questions to the producer, or maybe a letter from the producer, but the explicitly stated that the hard work you put into novus would not be reset at all. So ignore all these nay sayers that don't know otherwise and build how you want to build it.
Even if the stats aren't negated, the extra bonus provided by using tier IV instead of some other stat (accuracy, skill speed, det, crit, or whatever isn't your two *primary* stats) is very, very minor. I wouldn't use any tier IV materia unless you are just rolling in gil.