Quote Originally Posted by zosia View Post
No, absolutely not. Unless they completely change the materia system, those sockets will not mean much at all. SE also hinted at the notion you might not be able to pentameld raid gear. Essentially, you will have regular melding, just no over melding.

that means you get 1-3 materia depending on the gear slot you are melding. Three materia is not going to make up for these large advantages showing up on diadem gear.
Link to this?
All what i know is that it will not be able to overmeld with main stats anymore, but still with secondary stats.