Quote Originally Posted by ZDamned View Post
I didn't read all the posts, but my thoughts are that materia is a stupid lottery... Just imagine the out come..

Marauder gets a high end crafted item, and slots it with 4 of the tier 4 strength materias.

In this scenario is that player even going to be challenged by anything in the game? He will probably hit things for insane damage, and kill equal level mobs in 1 hit. That sounds like he has soooooo much skill... I wish I had the should he had to get that item.
Good luck getting there though. Plus, I have a feeling the "soft cap" on stats is not gone, just has different numbers now.