Quote Originally Posted by LunarEmerald View Post
It's not millions. IVs are literally free from doing beastmen quests.

The damage increase you get from melding your gear with IVs is just as much as you buying your lore weapon. Why the hell would you say no to +100 crit and det that literally costs you nothing?

"Oh, there's this free upgrade i can get that'll boost my dps by roughly 6%?"

"Nah, no thanks. I don't need it."
Technically, it's not free. There's a thing called "Opportunity cost." Basically, by melding materia you're losing out on the potential gil you could have gotten by selling it.