@Frein- The only thing that needs to be changed about the materia system is some of the specifics such as only being able to put this materia in this set piece of gear. The only boundary for materia should be level but you should have the freedom to put what materia in what piece of gear you want and not be limited to them holding your hand. Other than that it is a sound and solid system where anybody who puts in the time can get the best piece of gear the same as the guy who has 1000000000000000000 gil. He put in his time before to get that much money from crafting or whatever before so those people actually now have something worthwhile to spend gil on.