Quote Originally Posted by Hikozaemon View Post
fairly sure they stated that you wont be able to add materia to Rare/unique NM dropped gear thats the downside of NM gear in the future as to where you will be able to add up to 5 materia to a reg/HQ gear to make it more impressive than NM gear......
Except you're forgetting that the majority of NM/raid gear is already obsolete compared to HQ crafted gear.