New right side gear: not worth it?

[giantslayer]

The 170 set of accessories was only 13 CP over the dirt cheap starter accessories. 170 was a whole lot more expensive a month after they came out than the ironworks set is now. They were probably more expensive a couple weeks before 3.3 came out than ironworks are now.

Just to be clear, I am not one bit concerned about the cost of making the item. I'm concerned about the cost of the melds. To do significantly better than what I already have melded into my 170 (8cp, 7 control, 6 crafts), I would be looking at over melding tier 5 material into slot #2 and/or melding tier 4 into slot #5.

[StouterTaru]

Just to be clear, I am not one bit concerned about the cost of making the item. I'm concerned about the cost of the melds. To do significantly better than what I already have melded into my 170 (8cp, 7 control, 6 crafts), I would be looking at over melding tier 5 material into slot #2 and/or melding tier 4 into slot #5.

That's the exact same case there was against maxing 170 accessories. For the neck/ear/wrist, you either needed V + IVx4, or Vx2 on them to cap out stats. V materia was much more expensive then.

Stat Caps:
i55 - 20/20/134
140 - 32/32/193 (Craft 1 below cap on a couple, due to no V melds)
170 - 45/40/210
190 - 50/45/218

There has never been a huge boost from upgrading accessories, especially if you max melded the previous set. This set, right now, is much cheaper to max meld than the last set was 6 months after it came out.

[Roth_Trailfinder]

Just to be clear, I am not one bit concerned about the cost of making the item. I'm concerned about the cost of the melds. To do significantly better than what I already have melded into my 170 (8cp, 7 control, 6 crafts), I would be looking at over melding tier 5 material into slot #2 and/or melding tier 4 into slot #5.

T5 Materia are still pricey enough that overmelding with them is something that can put people off. T4 Materia, however, are so readily enough available that overmelding slot 5 with them should not be a concern. You can get 3 per day doing Ixali beast tribe tasks. You can get 9 per week from Red Tokens (if you have nothing else to use those Red Scrip on). Not to mention that most means of SB'ing for T5 Materia result In a lot more T4 Materia.