why i don't think materia will kill off dungeons

[Richard_BG]

know what's even better? you don't need a single piece of gear/materia to clear content. careface.jpg

[DoctorMog]

know what's even better? you don't need a single piece of gear/materia to clear content. careface.jpg

Well, a 30 minute timer on Ifrit is a joke, but I wont go into that.

If anyone has failed Ifrit due to time, you deserve an achievement.

[weeble]

so i spend 100millions get the best crafted materia gear then what? this system is basically one that says you can have the best but then all content from them on will be pointless. or you do the dungeons and only gear from dungeon like a game should be and ...you will always know there is better stuff you can have. it's like there being a epic for every slot rather then just the weapon in ffxi. why would you go farm any other new nm's if it's the best.

...also if they plan on raising caps and making even materia best gear become worthless.... why would you spend 40mils on it? you just went broke to do a dungeon with 7others who aren't geared like you for sure so doesn't truly matter and then on top that there will be new materia and gear to put them in not to far from then. it kinda does ruin the game. i don't want to ignore the best materia gear, nor do i want to not do dungeons and get gear that makes me go woooooooooooooooooooooo. i don't want to go wootwoot i got the item but i'ma wear this same materia piece for a year?

[Sputnik]

materia needs to be more part of the world or main missions!

[Zenaku]

You have a very liberal definition of casual.

Yoshi has already said that Ex gear will be subpar compared to full slot materia. To the dev team, it is the only viable way of allowing everyone to experience content, while allowing the top-tier players get top-tier gear. Like Xatsh said, the hardcore don't want to sit in Ul'dah or farm spiritbond gear.


Proposition: Make various tiers of content. Normal Mode, Hard Mode, God Mode.
Normal mode drops okay loot. Hard mode drops slightly better loot.
God Mode drops amazing loot, but is nearly impossible to beat without proper knowledge of in-game mechanics and skill (or a LNC zerg, if it really means that much to you).

what do you mean? there linkshell saying you have to have gear with materia and all making party just for that and farming and making gear just for it. So yes it seem the hardcore even tho they don't want it are making other people get it to even join there endgame linkshell. So i hoping they do something about it so you don't really need the best gear with materia to do A endgame and B event,.

[weeble]

outsider of preparing for large scale endgame that isn't coming for at least a year why would you be forced to materia your gear more then the one piece on each? people have done ifrit in Christmas cloths, i've seen low level gear and even crafting gear in there and wins. granted if you want to farm the big bosses in strongholds with lowest amount of players it would be great but farming 24/7 making materia all day and trying to double triple slot materia for it seems a bit much for that at the moment.

[Tman]

Melding should be allowed to raid gear to an extent, this would also extend the longevity of raids, since if we blow it up we have to get the loot again. only down side would be the content does get boring after a time, who wants to run ifrit a million times for 1 loot?.....o wait we do that anyway

[RedAffinity]

You should be able to add 1 materia to Rare/EX armor.

1. It gives incentive for people to repeat content and strive for dungeon/NM drops
2. Rare/EX gear with 1 materia will have slightly higher stats than crafted armor with 1 materia
3. Multiple materia is still possible on crafted armor allowing possibility to surpass any armor in game.

This gives EVERY player an opportunity for optimal gear, at a cost and risk. No one is left out, and the mass majority will appreciate their hard earned dropped armor with materia placed above while those sporting multiple materia on crafted gear can rightfully have bragging rights as well.

[Vackashken]

This is a reminder to me of why the materia system sucks.

[tymora]

These are almost all T4 materia items.

On NQ gear, highest chance of 2 x T4 = 18%, chance of 3 x T4 = 0.18 * 0.0839 = 1.5%
+1 equips gets +2% on each attempt, so you get 0.20 * 0.1039 = 2.08%, so it is 1 in 50.

For HP, 3 x Grade 13 Tier 4, pieces adds up to +165.

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Honestly I have no clue what the big hoohaa is over materia on raid gear.
Yoshi-P didn't say he is not going to add it. He is just going to see how it goes first.

People are so impatient around here.