Quote Originally Posted by Estellios View Post
The game is being balanced around characters having a single materia set on their gear, and it is an interesting aspect of character customization and development, so it needs to be accessible to as many people as possible.
Err.. it is equally accessible to everyone.. Anyone can go to the wards, buy some tools and start crafting.

If they lower the level requirements, then they should impose failure rates for underleveled crafts (even on the first materia).