Forbidden Materia

[Sonic_the_Hedgehog]

Loss of gear is the cost of failing on normal materia.
Why would you have the same risk on something that is much more rewarding?

Huh? If you add just one materia, then there isn't any failure. It's 100% guaranteed you won't lose the materia and gear if you add just one materia to your item. But if you try to add two, three, or four on top of that one, then there is risk of losing that gear and previously added materia.

EDIT: Ah I see what you're saying now, I think there isn't a "better" reward per se, I think maybe if you have three materia on one item, then maybe you get a bonus but if you're going for that bonus then there's a risk of losing everything you have.

[Holyomen]

Huh? If you add just one materia, then there isn't any failure. It's 100% guaranteed you won't lose the materia and gear if you add just one materia to your item. But if you try to add two, three, or four on top of that one, then there is risk of losing that gear and previously added materia.

EDIT: Ah I see what you're saying now, I think there isn't a "better" reward per se, I think maybe if you have three materia on one item, then maybe you get a bonus but if you're going for that bonus then there's a risk of losing everything you have.

I am referring to forbidden materia, of which we don't know anything about as of yet, not the adding of up to 5 normal materia.
All we know is that is it great power at a great cost.

[Arcell]

I am referring to forbidden materia, of which we don't know anything about as of yet, not the adding of up to 5 normal materia.
All we know is that is it great power at a great cost.

I've never seen mention of Forbidden Materia anywhere. They mention a forbidden branch of the craft but not forbidden materia. This was originally used in reference to slotting more than one materia when it was first announced.

Edit: Found it

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...l=1#post162041

Finally, rumors tell of a forbidden technique with a high risk of failure to attach another materia to an item that already has a materia attached to it…

[Holyomen]

I've never seen mention of Forbidden Materia anywhere. They mention a forbidden branch of the craft but not forbidden materia. This was originally used in reference to slotting more than one materia when it was first announced.

Edit: Found it

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...l=1#post162041

Well that's pretty boring.

I was really hoping for something like the Cursed Shield that requires 255 battles to cleanse or the Cursed Ring that would either leave you with the curse effect(no buffs), zombie effect(no cures), or doom so if you're in active mode for longer than 60 seconds you just die.

Way to underwhelm me SE.