Multiple materia melding

[syntaxlies]

do your stats make a dif. or is it all random.

[tymora]

do your stats make a dif. or is it all random.

According to official statement in "Ask the devs", stats will boost quality of end product.
My own experience indicates this to mean the "average" quality so it is still random and it only becomes noticeable if you meet the craftsmanship requirements and/or the level requirements. Didn't dig up much on this.

Crafting stats however can affect both the ease and the quality of crafting.

[syntaxlies]

According to official statement in "Ask the devs", stats will boost quality of end product.
My own experience indicates this to mean the "average" quality so it is still random.

Crafting stats however can affect both the ease and the quality of crafting.

yeah , know about the effect of stats on crafting. I have been wondering about the effect of stats on materia and figured this was a good place to ask. I hit 49 yesterday on arm and have been looking forward to trying multi melding.

[tymora]

No effect on materia probability whatsoever.

Nothing affects it probability at the moment except:
1. Sequence of attachment (lower grade -> higher grader has higher probability than the reverse)
2. Grade of Materia (Using Tier is useless, split each Tier into 4 grades)
Note that not all materias have all 16 grades.
3. Number of materia already attached.