Quote Originally Posted by Bourne_Endeavor View Post
It really is. The only saving grace for those who already have it is to wait a few weeks and upgrade to the ilvl 200 set.

And just to correct myself above. Don't craft/buy the Carbonweave set. As you won't be able to advanced meld, the max stats are: 843/800. It's still doable with Beet Soup HQ, but you'll need 16 V materia. So yeah... I don't recommend it, xD
I think the bigger point is that it's a way to skip the pentamelding white pieces to get a decent/reliable 2 star HQ set. Especially with how easily favor mats drop in the treasure map dungeon, the carbonweave is a cheap and easy stop gap to make your own 170 set.