This Novus Weapons Quest... Nnnnnhhh...

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As mentioned before, you really don't need to go for those shiny IV materia for a good relic. It just won't be optimized, but you wouldn't see the difference anyway unless you're a super hardcore min/maxer (which is irrelevant at this point because we can overgear all content in this game, including Final Coil). Working on my second relic right now, and I'm avoiding IVs just for price reasons (also because I'm working on Omnilex/Last Resort I have the liberty of throwing accuracy on because of Coil).

To top it all off, I just watched a video about converting that happened BEFORE 2.35 and that you could get good Materia without much hassle, but now the pool to get Materia's has widened! I could get i90 armor, Spiritbond it and only get an Elemental Resistance Materia when I wanted Heaven's Eye Or Savage Might!

What? The materia pool has never changed. You always had a chance to get elemental materia regardless of what combat gear you converted.

[Parodine]

What? The materia pool has never changed. You always had a chance to get elemental materia regardless of what combat gear you converted.

He misunderstood that point, I think. But there was a point where if you spiritbonded an i90 piece, you would get a IV materia for sure. But you weren't guarranteed a good one. It could've been elemental, skill speed, etc.

In general though, the materia part of the Novus - don't sweat. You don't NEED IV materia. III will be just fine and if you get money later you are always able to change the stats are your gear no matter what stage.

Novus was the relaxing stage for me. I could get 1-2 alex/day very casually or I could grind a bunch if I wanted. Now I guess with the expansion on the horizon people who want to catch up may see it as grind just to move on to the next stage. But I will always hate Animus more. Waiting for FATEs...ugh.