[dev1017] Materia crafting system & Materia: A Matter of Mystery (08/26/2011)

[MeowyWowie]

・Materia attachment to EX/RARE items will currently not be possible (Depends on content updates)

Thank You, Yoshida. You pretty much just destroyed any remaining interest I had in this game. Why should I even bother doing content anymore when I can just craft and make Spirit Bond grind parties to get the best equipment in game?

The materia system alone was enough to keep crafters occupied while keeping them "secondary" classes at the same time, as they should be. My idea of endgame isn't sitting in one spot crafting all day or killing trash mobs one after another.

To those who say that this is balanced, I think that's completely ridiculous. If you want the best things a game has to offer, you should have to do ALL of the content that is available, period.

FYI, this is coming from a player that has more crafting ranks than battle ranks and who was actively ranking up crafting classes to prepare for the materia system.

[Dargoth_Draconia]

Thank You, Yoshida. You pretty much just destroyed any remaining interest I had in this game. Why should I even bother doing content anymore when I can just craft and make Spirit Bond grind parties to get the best equipment in game?

The materia system alone was enough to keep crafters occupied while keeping them "secondary" classes at the same time, as they should be. My idea of endgame isn't sitting in one spot crafting all day or killing trash mobs one after another.

To those who say that this is balanced, I think that's completely ridiculous. If you want the best things a game has to offer, you should have to do ALL of the content that is available, period.

FYI, this is coming from a player that has more crafting ranks than battle ranks and who was actively ranking up crafting classes to prepare for the materia system.

All they have to do is make the NM gear better in general, even better than items with Materia in them. I see in the future though that Rare/ex gear will get the opportunity to be slotted. They did post this: ・Materia attachment to EX/RARE items will currently not be possible (Depends on content updates).

Which with people complaining enough and asking for this I see its chances of happening to be pretty high. But also remember from the start of this game they did envision making the crafters make the most powerful gear by fighting NMs and getting crafting materials from the drops. They might just be saving some of the ideas for later implementation like making it possible to slot rare/ex gear after they tweak the materia system and some more content comes out. They need to see how well the current system is going to work and decide what to do next after some data collecting.

[Cycloptichorn]

Thank You, Yoshida. You pretty much just destroyed any remaining interest I had in this game. Why should I even bother doing content anymore when I can just craft and make Spirit Bond grind parties to get the best equipment in game?

You're forgetting the significant risk that comes along with multiple materia attachment.

Let's be honest: are you going to risk your r50 +1 weapon, plus three materia you worked really hard to get (or paid a lot to buy), for a low chance of successfully creating some uber-weapon? Some will but most who try will fail. I think rare/ex/dungeon weapons will still be in quite high demand, regardless of the uber-loot some people are running around with.

[User201109011315]

Thank You, Yoshida. You pretty much just destroyed any remaining interest I had in this game. Why should I even bother doing content anymore when I can just craft and make Spirit Bond grind parties to get the best equipment in game?

The materia system alone was enough to keep crafters occupied while keeping them "secondary" classes at the same time, as they should be. My idea of endgame isn't sitting in one spot crafting all day or killing trash mobs one after another.

To those who say that this is balanced, I think that's completely ridiculous. If you want the best things a game has to offer, you should have to do ALL of the content that is available, period.

FYI, this is coming from a player that has more crafting ranks than battle ranks and who was actively ranking up crafting classes to prepare for the materia system.

maybe they intend to have future raids drop materia/mats instead of premade gear.