Quote Originally Posted by Silverbane View Post
Step 1: GP is king, and GP materia tends to be expensive as a result. So first meld in as much GP as each piece will take (usually 4 or 8GP).
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Not necessarily.

For instance if a piece can only take +5 CPs the last two melds I will do in a pentameld is +3 and +2.

The first thing I do is go to http://ffxiv.ariyala.com/ and calculate my melds and the order to do them in.