[dev1017] Materia crafting system & Materia: A Matter of Mystery (08/26/2011)

[Holyomen]

And so my quest begins to destroy all my armor in search of HP materia.....

[Nero]

That will be a interesting way to optimize your Gear. If you can attach up to 5 Materias, i see some seriously strong Items coming along. That is so Final Fantasy VII...will we get Summons via Materia, too? XD

[TonyMontana]

Here we go it begins, I do not see why you are complaining since you are already 50 ALC, why not just quiet down, and except the change?

Im 50 every DoH (except cooking is at 46) I still am entittled to my opinion, why dont you just quiet down and except my opinion.

[Tenkenkobra]

making gear over and over and over no thx.

[Sonic_the_Hedgehog]

making gear over and over and over no thx.

In that case, you can just buy the materia!

[Radav]

I honestly hope that they are not going to make it so that if you go bust on a materia enhancement you lose the gear on top of whatever materia that you have already successfully attached to the item.

Here's the situation that is going to play out. Let's say Fafnir get's added to the game and will drop the double attack sword Ridill. Everybody who can wield that sword is going to have dreams of adding 5 pieces of materia on top of it. People involved with endgame LSs are going to have to watch and people continuously explode the sword while they try and go for the 5 materia mega sword. I hope that maybe something was lost in translation here and we just need a bit of clarification because this would just cause more problems then it's worth.

Overall I think the system they've worked out with crafting and materia is awesome. I just hope that little detail there is not actually true.

[Nero]

I honestly hope that they are not going to make it so that if you go bust on a materia enhancement you lose the gear on top of whatever materia that you have already successfully attached to the item.

Read the Notes again, please.

Actually i made it for you:

A failed attempt to attach materia will result in the loss of all items involved in the process, barring the key item.

[Sonic_the_Hedgehog]

Here's the situation that is going to play out. Let's say Fafnir get's added to the game and will drop the double attack sword Ridill. Everybody who can wield that sword is going to have dreams of adding 5 pieces of materia on top of it. People involved with endgame LSs are going to have to watch and people continuously explode the sword while they try and go for the 5 materia mega sword. I hope that maybe something was lost in translation here and we just need a bit of clarification because this would just cause more problems then it's worth.

Well it would appease the people that are upset that HQs are going to become easier to produce. Now they'll spend their time trying to get the Lucky 5 Materia!

[Archadius]

Ok folks, here it is:

Reading Comprehension 101 - "Oh, I get it now!"

Quoting [dev1017] post. Attaching Materia

Attaching materia requires the “materia melder” key item, an apparatus which can be obtained via a quest available to Disciples of the Hand level 18 or above (with the exception of culinarians and alchemists). The apparatus allows players to attach one piece of materia per item.

Players who have met certain requirements can obtain the more advanced ”augmented materia melder,” which allows the attachment of up to five pieces of materia per item. Players can never fail to attach the first piece of materia. However, the success rate progressively decreases with each subsequent piece of materia. A failed attempt to attach materia will result in the loss of all items involved in the process, barring the key item.

I hope I made this clear enough for you.

You take the risk, you could end up with nothing. Even the simplest of MMOs have a system like this. Get used to it.

[ydp002]

I would like to see more info about this, and more details about the penalty in the process, but definitely this will bring more player back. We are just getting a little introduction to the materia crafting in 1.19. In 1.20 they did mention the materia will be taking it shape and form to what really it meant to be. Hurray for 1.119.