Quote Originally Posted by Delmontyb View Post
I couldn't agree more... I was just coming to the forms to create this thread if it didn't exist... I am fine if they keep it for crafted gear, or at least crafting/gathering gear... But for the new slots, I wish they just set it free to allow anyone to meld gear if they had the items.

I have my crafts able to do most of this, back in 2.0 I still wanted the ability to free this system from crafting. I get that they want to keep it crafting relevant, but it is, I don't think removing mateira from their skill set will hurt them much, but rather drive up demand for materia, making more and more people use it, because it isn't a pain to do so.
It wouldn't hurt crafting in the slightest. Right now it's just an EPEEN thing with crafters.