Quote Originally Posted by Colorful View Post
What did low end crafters do before this patch, sit and complain about the lack of ways to make gil? Every time a convenience feature is suggested, it's always "But crafters will lose this and that", first glamour prisms and now materia.
What did high end combatants do before this patch? Sit and complain about the lack of ways to meld vitality onto their strength rings? This is not a convenience feature, this is directly attacking crafting. Maybe we should have an auto-regen as well, so that we can run dungeons without healers. After all, it's an inconvenience to find a white mage, or a scholar. It's an inconvenience to find a tank too, so let's give everyone 2500 defense. If you think that all sounds silly, it's because it is. It's just like saying "I want the benefits of crafting, but I don't want to be crafting".

Melds are not mandatory, but they're a nice bonus. Stop trying to take our few benefits away just for the sake of your brief 'inconvenience'. If you knew what it took to make those level 220 items, you wouldn't be so critical of the price. Never mind the fact that level 230 gear is but a few tomes away now, making it obsolete before it's been made.