Materia Changes in 3.2:

[Belhi]

Balance is a very good excuse as screwed up balance can break the game. You think people complaining about content now? Imagine what its like if their favoured class was clearly at a disadvantage or a 'required' materia for their class was difficult to get or could only be acquired through content they hated doing. People in this thread are complaining about doing Diadem for just normal Materia and there are alternatives to that.

That's not to say they cant include a lot more customisation in this game. However they have to take their time and be very careful they don't break the game doing it. Many MMOs do have far more customisation than FF14 while maintaining reasonable balance but those MMO rarely implement those customisation systems without a very long testing and balancing period. Even then a lot of them fall into the trap of their customisation ending up having only 1 or 2 viable builds and the rest being a waste.

Consider how long they too to rebalance the AST. It wasn't cause they were ignoring it. It's cause they were being very careful not to swing from one side to the other with it. Small changes can make huge impacts on the game.

And hell no to multiple gear sets. I hate having to do that, particularly in a game with ANY vertical progression.

I hope for more customisation but if your impatient and they decide to rush then don't be surprised if we have a complete mess. This Materia change is a small one but it is one. Small steps are better than none.