Please change the planned Materia attachment fail rate to a bonus system

[Royal]

I actually made a thread like this and i agree with you neptune.

However seeing as the game is balanced with only one slot per gear and thats 100%. i kinda see the other sides point. No one is gonna kick you from a party if you have 1 gear slotted and no one is gonna force you to get more then one because we no the rsk. So i say lets see what happens. As long as the keep the gil rwards from leves and other ways to make money im ok with it for now.

I strongly disagree. In any MMO, when you are conquering new content people are going to prefer the person with the best gear. Even though it is balanced for gear + 1 materia, a group will do better composed of members with gear + 2-5 materia. This will apply internally in LSes and most definitely in a PUG environment. Do I want to take CON A with 1 materia or CON B with 3 materia. I don't know anything about their skill so i'll pick the CON B to help my chances of finishing the dungeon.

[Delmontyb]

I strongly disagree. In any MMO, when you are conquering new content people are going to prefer the person with the best gear. Even though it is balanced for gear + 1 materia, a group will do better composed of members with gear + 2-5 materia. This will apply internally in LSes and most definitely in a PUG environment. Do I want to take CON A with 1 materia or CON B with 3 materia. I don't know anything about their skill so i'll pick the CON B to help my chances of finishing the dungeon.

Agreed, but if the population of people who have 3 - 5 slots of materia are around (let's say) 1% of the worlds population then it's not going to be a big deal or even matter because it will be so very rare.

Now, let's say if everyone (or at least 50%) of the world's population has 3-5 slot materia then I would be inclined to agree with you. Because then it could be expected that the people you are playing with have X amount.

It's all going to come down to how easy is it to attach 3+ materia to an item, if it's easy then it will be expected, but if it's really difficult then it will be considered something very rare.

I for one hope that it is very difficult, that way when someone does get that crab bow + 3 with 5 slots it will be a labor of love and luck. And since the game is shooting to balance itself to a 1 slot (100%) rate then players shouldn't feel cheated.

I do feel that the risk of losing gear is high, but at least they will tell you your success rate before you even start, if they didn't do that, I would be on the other side of the argument.

[Royal]

Agreed, but if the population of people who have 3 - 5 slots of materia are around (let's say) 1% of the worlds population then it's not going to be a big deal or even matter because it will be so very rare.

Now, let's say if everyone (or at least 50%) of the world's population has 3-5 slot materia then I would be inclined to agree with you. Because then it could be expected that the people you are playing with have X amount.

It's all going to come down to how easy is it to attach 3+ materia to an item, if it's easy then it will be expected, but if it's really difficult then it will be considered something very rare.

I for one hope that it is very difficult, that way when someone does get that crab bow + 3 with 5 slots it will be a labor of love and luck. And since the game is shooting to balance itself to a 1 slot (100%) rate then players shouldn't feel cheated.

I do feel that the risk of losing gear is high, but at least they will tell you your success rate before you even start, if they didn't do that, I would be on the other side of the argument.

You're probably right. It just comes down to how common/rare it will be to see +5 materia people. Maybe I am overreacting. I just have to wait and that, unfortunately, is the hard part .