Quote Originally Posted by Cho View Post
There is no reason why a crafted item with a single piece of materia on it should outclass all other U/U drops for that slot making what little content this game has irrelevant.
It's not even entirely about that. If future dropped gear is better than crafted+materia then what is the point of the materia system? Relying on multi-melds to make materia worthwhile is stupid because it's a dumb gambling system with no player input at all. Allowing 1 meld on U/U adds a good reason to go after those perfect tier IV materia. I'm not entirely worried about U/U gear being garbage forever. It sucks that mogblade and some other pieces are useless but oh well. The ifrit lance/bow/axe/fists basically make it so you don't even need to consider weapon materia on those classes, and if future armor is any good then you'll have no reason to worry about materia at all.