Why No Melds?

[Zafrei]

Personally, some of my gear is currently melded and some it not. This is due to the fact we've just had new tiers of gear come out, and in my mind it's a waste for me to fill up the remaining meld slots when I'll be upgrading gear in the coming weeks.

If gear lasted us a much longer period of time, I suspect you'd see more player investment in each individual piece.

[Heliantheae]

Personally, some of my gear is currently melded and some it not. This is due to the fact we've just had new tiers of gear come out, and in my mind it's a waste for me to fill up the remaining meld slots when I'll be upgrading gear in the coming weeks.

If gear lasted us a much longer period of time, I suspect you'd see more player investment in each individual piece.

This, I'm not even going to put anything in the Alex gear and save up stuff for the Shire stuff.

[Dzian]

This is something that's been bothering me ever since the materia melder NPC was introduced. Why do people still not meld their gear? I'm asking this genuinely and honestly since I still see many people without a single meld in any of their gear.

Tier Vs can be acquired through Weeping City or potshards from Palace of the Dead. People don't have to level crafts or find a crafter in order to have it melded, only pay a 2k fee. I like to try and understand other points of view, but this one continues to baffle me. Do people not know that it's easier to meld up your stuff now?

Edit: Forgot to mention Tier IVs can be acquired through beast tribe quests.

Because I'm not melding something i'm gonna throw away / upgrade next month.

If gear lasted us a much longer period of time, I suspect you'd see more player investment in each individual piece.

Also this. why invest in melding throw away gear?

one of many problems with this game. Yoshi P wants players to focus on gear instead of character development but all gear is throw away junk.

[Welsper59]

If gear lasted us a much longer period of time, I suspect you'd see more player investment in each individual piece.

Much truth. The investment people would actively put on gear that lasts is worlds different than anything we get here. Honestly, the only thing we have to that is crafting and gathering gear. Unlike most areas of combat, the crafting/gathering scene actually has overall benefits and visible requirements for players to meet to even get access to nodes or crafted tiers. Of course, you'll still see some players not bother, just because that's how it is lol.