No not yet. But should that matter to the point of not beating it? Although materia is nice, it shouldn't make the difference between not beating an event that existed before the patch where materia was introduced. With the lack of physical levels and the new gear, my stats are better then what they were before. Yet I'm dying quicker.

I'm not the only one with this issue. Its become a common knowledge that its nearly impossible to beat now...by many others, those with materia and those without it.