Really starting to get discouraged from playing.

[SoloWingMetatron]

The Materia system is a massively missed opportunity! Right now it's nothing more than a gimmick meant as a homage to FF7. All Green, Blue and Purple gear should have Materia slots by default. There should also be a much more comprehensive library of Materia types that offer way more than just simple stat increases like VIT or INT. Specialized Materia for one is a great idea, for example a caster job could meld an Auto-Refresh Materia to a robe, making it work similar to the Yinyang Robe from XI. Other specialized Materia could exist to add similar bonuses for other jobs. This would allow for a great level of customization that would also mean other gear sets could be customized as viable end game gear, rather than just the latest tome/raid set (Eso/Alexander).