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

[ViolentDjango]

So your options become farm gil, or farm materia. I see absolutely no difference between the two, and the fact remains that there is potential, likely high, to put in hours of work and have absolutely nothing to show for it. I'd much prefer that extra slot = extra item. The crafters win, and we don't get to play a guessing-game with our wallets and with our expectations.

I really have no idea what you're raging about...

so what your saying is crafters arent allowed to win?
only those who do combat and farm?

That's what it sounds like to me... and I have no respect for that. I'd like to see 5 slot gear be as good as, if not better than, high tier NM gear. With increasing difficulty in apply materia and the requirement of finding/making it, it seems like the work between organizing a solid party to hunt down ye ole legendary drop and farming/crafting your way to an equivalent piece is a fair comparison. Just like how they had NM and BCNM equivalents of certain popular pieces in FFXI -- Empress Hairpin vs. Emperor Hairpin. Same piece, different origins.

And if you're tenacious enough to do both, you SHOULD be a cut above the rest.