Quote Originally Posted by Jinrya-Geki View Post
Something is going to be irrelevant. Either it's going to be crafters or dungeons, in this cause it's dungeons that SE picked.

What would be better if materials dropped off boss mobs to craft into awesome gear and make it even more awesome with materia, like the RNMs.

I hope artifact armor is crafted, or it has stats that are better than materia'd items.
Dungeons dont have to take a backseat. If S.E. wanted to, they could make dungeons relevant by:

-Having dungeons drop good materia
-Having dungeon drops converible into good materia
-Having dungeons drop crafting mats which crafters can use to make good gear (see Dodore doublet etc)

Saying "oh such is life" is a bit dismissive, because it's pretty obvious how they can manage to keep dungeons, materia, and crafting all equally important at endgame.