Instead of gear loss how about a less harsh outcome?

[Jynx]

Something difficult in a MMO?

Drats.

Nerf it quick!

I'm glad there is going to finally be a system that imposes a rewarding challenge with a little spice of luck in the mix for a change. Getting the perfect weapon will take TIME and MONEY and most of all TIME!

We need to see the system in action to see how harsh the failure rates are when trying to put multiple tiers of materia on one item. Making custom gear shouldn't be a simple task it should be something that is time consuming and takes some effort to get done.

To make the ultimate weapon we need to.

1. Obtain the item we wish to enhance (+3 crab bow or whatever you feel you "Need" to upgrade)
2. Obtain the materia through grinding of other weapons or through cold hard cash.
3. Get the catalysts for crafting (I doubt it will be too hard or expensive to obtain these items)
4. Find or be a high ranked crafter, who know if rank even has anything to do with sucsess rates yet though.
5. Pray.

The destruction of items, and consumption of gil will stimulate the economy. It's too bad their isn't any real NPC gil-sinks floating around I think they should have a NPC who sells some basic materias for a nice chunk of change lazy people are so easilly parted with their gil.