Can we please have something to help us meld.

[Ragnvard]

Overmelded gear is supposed to be a luxury. Any buff to melding chance (even if its 5%, which is a lot to a 11% meld) will only lower the price of the associated materia since people will need less of them, and also the final value of the item.

Take the two most commonly melded sets:
i) Slaying acc (with vit)
- A quad-vit meld gives you a piece of accessory which is arguably superior to the 210 drops if you need the extra vit. @1.5mil-2mil a piece for "top of the line" equipment can be considered a bargain.

ii) Crafting gear
- You can always just ask someone to craft the 2star pieces for you. Those who have invested in the overmelds... well, it's an investment. Currently, by investing millions into 2 star equip, crafters gamble the investment can be justified in the future with the release with 3 star crafts. Those who don't craft as often should just pay those who have the gear if they don't want to invest into the gear themselves.

[doctapeppa]

Overmelded gear is supposed to be a luxury. Any buff to melding chance (even if its 5%, which is a lot to a 11% meld) will only lower the price of the associated materia since people will need less of them, and also the final value of the item.

But it isn't a luxury, it's absolutely required. Especially so for DoH gear. A food or potion that boosts meld chance by ~5% is not going to break the materia market.

[Ragnvard]

But it isn't a luxury, it's absolutely required. Especially so for DoH gear. A food or potion that boosts meld chance by ~5% is not going to break the materia market.

Why is it required? As I pointed out in the rest of my post, you can always ask someone to craft the item for you. In fact, all you really need is to ask someone to make you the offhand and you can prob just craft the rest with minimal stats (all you really need is cp4 on every piece of gear)

It will prob only get worse with the introduction of grade V materia.

imo that is how a proper market should work. Those who have invested in their melds should be able to charge a premium for their investment. This is the same as leveling up crafting: getting a craft from 1-60 cost millions. Those who have invested those millions should be able to charge the premium in items on the marketboard.

Also, with crafter gear, SE already provided a fail-free alternative in the form of ilvl 180 gear. Zero melds/favor mats needed.