Novus Meld Failure - Remove Please

[Granyala]

And why would I want gatherer/crafter gear to Spirit Bound for my Novus?

He was talking about the spirit bond system in general and I have to agree with him.

It's weird design that I have to deliberately gimp my character in order to get a shot at a class IV materia, because I can't convert the blue gear I normally wear.
But I guess they have to create a demand for ilvl 90 greens somehow...

[BristolRuss]

I lost my first tier 4 Det last night. I wept

Half a million down the drain. Le sigh. Maybe I'll try spiritbonding. What is the best gear to try and get tier 4's?

[CUTS3R]

The chances look perfectly reasonable to me. (Especially compared to overmelding.)
You also don't lose your alexandrite upon failure.

Id rather loose the Alexandrite than these G4 materias.

[coldreactive]

The chances look perfectly reasonable to me. (Especially compared to overmelding.)
You also don't lose your alexandrite upon failure.

Prices on Ragnarok stonewall any chance at reliably buying Materia at Grade 3 and above. (Grade I and above for anything "Savage", Quickarm/Battledance and spell speed.)

18,000+ Gil for some Grade 3s, for those mentioned in Grade I above, 4~5,000 for starting prices.

[BristolRuss]

Prices on Ragnarok stonewall any chance at reliably buying Materia at Grade 3 and above. (Grade I and above for anything "Savage", Quickarm/Battledance and spell speed.)

18,000+ Gil for some Grade 3s, for those mentioned in Grade I above, 4~5,000 for starting prices.

On Moogle the tier 2 Crits are selling for about 45k each. Dets are about 25-30k. Strangely tier 3's are only about 10k each. Tier 4's are 450k+.

[coldreactive]

On Moogle the tier 2 Crits are selling for about 45k each. Dets are about 25-30k. Strangely tier 3's are only about 10k each. Tier 4's are 450k+.

I also won't even bother spiritbonding efficiently, since that takes too much preparation and whatnot. I also only have level 50 in leatherworker, and don't have the logic / intellect to make a level 50 macro for HQ'ing everything. All I can do to make money as such, is make raptor leather, or run as tank in adventurer in need (I also will not speed run, and have a macro set up to tell people when I tank that I will not speed run. I also won't do EXs, or Coil turn 5+)

[Zeke_Anderson]

No risk no reward, pretty simple really. I mean in the end it's a meld.
If it bugs you so much upgrade a cheaper stat.

[coldreactive]

No risk no reward, pretty simple really. I mean in the end it's a meld.
If it bugs you so much upgrade a cheaper stat.

Sure. *upgrades MND on BLM Novus* /trollface

[CrystalRainbow]

I'm hoping changes come in 2.4 Because I'm about to start melding my 1st weapon/only weapon.

I will use other weapons on other jobs it's not worth the effort of farming gil/converting gear, when I only play 1-2 hours a day.

[coldreactive]

I'm hoping changes come in 2.4 Because I'm about to start melding my 1st weapon/only weapon.

I will use other weapons on other jobs it's not worth the effort of farming gil/converting gear, when I only play 1-2 hours a day.

Yeah, same. Relic is the "Catch up" weapon, but for Novus, it's just insane. Most of us people won't touch High Allagan drops, in ever... so playing catchup for novus alone may take until 3.0. 2.4 will have another relic step alone.