Quote Originally Posted by Sorel View Post
Isn't this question akin to "which class will be the best one in the game?"

I mean go ahead and ask it, but you may not be satisfied with the answer they give.
I dont see it that way. I'd agree with you if I was asking what is the best gear for my PLD: minus % dmg or plus HP gear?
But I am not asking about a specific situation or gear tuned for certain things. Its more like I am asking if the max materia crafted gear fully invested in plus HPs would always be better than NM/Dungeon drops with plus HP stats (assuming for the same rank/level/class).

You might be right about me not liking the answer though, I wouldnt be suprised if I get a vague answer or a feel good "whatever is right for you" type of answer. But from the way its being laid out and from the statement they have made in the past, it looks like its all pointing towards max materia crafted gear being THE best.

For example: I could see AF armor coming out. Lets say that the new PLD AF armor (as a drop) has a combined +250 HPs (pulling numbers out of my ass). Now lets take a full set of crafted gear that already had the best HPs for PLD, and lets say we successfully graft on 5 tier 4 materia per gear piece with each materia giving +15 HPs. Well the combined HPs for the materia added +375 HPs and thats not including the HPs that were already on the armor pieces. Maybe it wouldnt be this overpowered, but they dont seem to be putting much of a limit to it.

As I said, there is a lack of clarification. I am not saying its good or bad per se. If SE has decided to go in the direction of making crafted gear the best gear, and it is iron clad. Then thats just the way it is, and I'll move along.

Quote Originally Posted by Felis View Post
NM dropped gear is between 25 - 35.
From high level NM you only get Mats, which the crafters can use to make your NM gear, or stones from the leve NMs, which you can give the NPC (and other mats) to make your NM gear with this. I think in both you can put materia (the gears are tradeable after all).

Dungeon gear is another story, but now +3 gear is better than dungeon gear, too
Yea I know all that, but I was mostly refering to future dungeons and NMs. As in a ballance to the materia system. For instance: maxed materia crafted gear = Dungeon gear.