Quote Originally Posted by SpookyGhost View Post
Making tomestone/raid gear able to be affixed with materia is definitely a step in the right direction, and I am curious what they mean by "much stronger". It seems like a weird solution unless they're making changes elsewhere, though, because in 3.2 you'd be forced into either picking VIT or STR.

e: Thinking on it, unless the crafted accessories are stronger than the farmable tomestone accessories, why not just get the tomestone accessories and meld those?
You're not understanding. It doesn't matter whatever decision they make the balance of the fights will be based on the balance of the MATERIA'ed gear. Meaning that you will be getting unstated gear and forced to materia EVERY slot. This is not a step in the right direction, this is a deal breaker for player's who can't afford to pay for raid food/potions already and now expecting them to buy materia that likely won't even be 100% affixable.