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

[Xmbei]

Wasn't rage bashing. They just hadn't made the post prior to me coming to the Forum after reading the Original post. All I saw was the normal lodestone story nothing about a dev post. So for that as I said I stand corrected, and hell I laughed about it, chill out.

[Royal]

It could take a month probably just to get one piece of gear with 5 pieces of materia. If HQ items turn into higher materia and HQ makes it more difficult to attach materia, this will get crazy (but in a good way). You have to:

1.) Make a HQ item to spiritbond to make Rank IV materia (I can't see this coming from NQ items maybe dungeon items?)
2.) Get all the Rank IV materia you need.
3.) Make ANOTHER HQ item or farm a dungeon item to attach the materia with (which is now harder cuz its HQ i.e. lower attachment chance).
4.) Pray it doesn't break while adding the 2-5 materia.

This process could take a long time for just one item. What worries me is I am primarily a battle class and haven't found any good ways to make gil. I don't know how to pay for all of this tbh.

EDIT: If dungeon items become the source of Rank IV materia, a party system will become even more important. In addition, I can't even get a retainer on my server in Ul'dah so I can't sell anything to make money to pay for this new system. LOL.

[Arcell]

I think you might have read that wrong, there's no forbidden materia. There is a "forbidden" means of attaching multiple materia to a single piece of gear which results in successively higher failure rates.

That being said the rest of your post holds well. That's basically how it's going to happen.

As a battle class you can make heaps of gil just doing leves, even 1*. Plus with the greater availability of gear due to craft simplification I can see prices dropping but people will be selling more gear.

[Royal]

Thank you for the clarification. My bad. Edited my original post.

[Archadius]

Wasn't rage bashing. They just hadn't made the post prior to me coming to the Forum after reading the Original post. All I saw was the normal lodestone story nothing about a dev post. So for that as I said I stand corrected, and hell I laughed about it, chill out.

Your original post in response to mine was a very "screw you, you know nothing, now sit down and stfu" response. Please don't act like it was nothing. I don't deserve such a response simply because I read something that you didn't.

[Starlord]

I may just go with 3 Materia Tops, anything after that is a Gambler's Fool Chance with the likelihood of Failing. Play it mart and safe and you won't break stuff as much, unless of course you have like a billion gil to blow then Why not right? lol

[Archadius]

This process could take a long time for just one item. What worries me is I am primarily a battle class and haven't found any good ways to make gil. I don't know how to pay for all of this tbh.

Hopefully, since they've said that "spiritbonding the same gear will not always yield the same resulting materia" then you may be able to spiritbond all (or a majority) of the 5 materia you desire and help with cost ^_^

[Xmbei]

Have you ever thought it was the manner of how you came across in your original post I was responding to... talking condescending to other's "Reading Comprehension 101: 'Oh now I get it!'" That you are getting so angry and defensive over something that in all respects to life is NOTHING, I will state again chill out, the problem has been brought to light, resolved, and passed. Now can we move on and get back to the topic of the Materia System?

[Perrin_Aybarra]

I love the materia system idea and I am so looking foward to it.

I just want to share with you that if I remember correctly, Yoshi-P mentionned somewhere that rare/ex items would no be able to receive materia, making it so that craftable gears + multiple materia will be more powerful than dropped gears. I will try to look where I read that and come back to edit this post.

[Archadius]

Have you ever thought it was the manner of how you came across in your original post I was responding to... talking condescending to other's "Reading Comprehension 101: 'Oh now I get it!'" That you are getting so angry and defensive over something that in all respects to life is NOTHING, I will state again chill out, the problem has been brought to light, resolved, and passed. Now can we move on and get back to the topic of the Materia System?

Sounds to me like someone has issues with being wrong lol

The purpose of my condescending original post was to combat players being ignorant of SE's post, nothing more.