Why No Melds?

[RukiaFae]

Can some explain why you "need" to meld the gear if you're not doing the latest raid or primal. Everything else is such a cake walk. Seriously the few extra points you get are not worth it. In the latest two dungeons you can easily run through them with old gear and burn down trash mobs. Alex normal is pretty easy even if you don't know the mechanics. If we needed to meld to help make runs easier people would. Like the other poster said the rewards of melding are not worth it. That's why less people are doing it just like raiding. You could give people materia just for logging in but if they don't see it as a necessity they won't use it. It's the same thing as food. Why don't people use food outside of raids or leveling?

[Thunda_Cat_SMASH]

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How many times, especially in PUGs, have you wiped on a boss at 1%? 2%? 3? 10? That's why I meld my gear. I can't always rely on PUGs to be half competent, so I meld my gear because not only do I enjoy it, it also lessens how dependent on randoms I am.

Maybe you run the content way more or just have bad luck but does not happen that often in my experience

I do tend to run content alot, but I personally rarely see it happen, especially as a sword oath tank. The last time it happened was on A12N a week or so ago, and unsurprisingly I was the only one melded. Course, then the dps started whining about not clearing it, and I giggled. It is funny to see people fail and blame everyone else. Incidentally, 'Once' is already one time too many.

[Lexia]

How many times, especially in PUGs, have you wiped on a boss at 1%? 2%? 3? 10? That's why I meld my gear. I can't always rely on PUGs to be half competent, so I meld my gear because not only do I enjoy it, it also lessens how dependent on randoms I am.

Maybe you run the content way more or just have bad luck but does not happen that often in my experience