Please let us socket materia without crafting

[Defias]

I love this, namely because the system for Materia between FFVII and FFXIV is different to begin with, but also the fact that Cloud himself was considered the expert on materia slotting, hence not needing to find anyone. Remember, Barrett had to ask Cloud how to do it for the tutorial, CLOUD ALREADY KNEW!

In that tutorial Cloud literally said to Barrett that if an item has a materia slot you just need to put the materia in the slot.
Aka: "Put the Ball in the Hole."

Cloud never mentioned needing a Catalyst, nor was Cloud trained in any crafts.
Barrett felt like an idiot.

It's also worth mentioning...that to Remove Materia they would just:
"Take the ball out of the hole."
And the Materia & item did not get destroyed in the process.

Video: https://youtu.be/XTXHFFOLUko