Quote Originally Posted by dspguy View Post
This.

I'm very curious to see what will happen when/if they add crafted DoW/M 2-star accessories. Right now, it takes 4 Tier IV stat materias and a Tier III. Which leaves 0 slots for any secondary stats. If they include i170/180 crafted gear... I don't think we can hit the cap w/o Tier V materia... which let's face it... being available only through transmutation is a bit lame.
actually DoW/M Tier V materia are available through conversion, just that you have to convert i160 chivalric pieces to get any.

Quote Originally Posted by Roth_Trailfinder View Post
I150 combat gear does not turn into Tier 5 Materia, as far as I know. That would imply that i150 crafting/gathering gear will not turn into Tier 5 Materia, either.

I have not seen any gear between i150 and i170, for crafting/gathering, have you? The current lowest known ilevel to convert to Tier 5 Materia is i160. So ... yes, expect to have to convert the i170 RCS+RGS blocked stuff for Tier 5 Materia.
I don't know any sane person that would convert their hard-earned crafted gear though to attempt to test this theory of getting Tier 5 crafted materia. The patch notes in 3.05 gave no mention that grade 5 crafting/gathering materia is now convertable, as the 3.0 patch notes explicitly stated that they were not. Even if this were the case, it seems that it's not a 100% chance. Unfortunate things do happen, as with the case of a redditor that tried, but was only able to convert his i170 frying pan into a grade IV materia.