Dropped Items and Materia

[UmJammerSully]

I say just allow complete melding on both green and blue gear, even then crafted gear won't become useless for 1 reason:

Crafting gear is still far easier to come by than U/U stuff. People will be much more willing to attempt x2, x3, x4 or x5 melds on crafted gear than on U/U gear. There's no way I would risk a double meld on an Ifrit weapon for example.

[Jamester]

I say just allow complete melding on both green and blue gear, even then crafted gear won't become useless for 1 reason:

Crafting gear is still far easier to come by than U/U stuff. People will be much more willing to attempt x2, x3, x4 or x5 melds on crafted gear than on U/U gear. There's no way I would risk a double meld on an Ifrit weapon for example.

Part of me want multi melds on primal weapons because I want to make the best weapons even if It is kind of inefficient/troublesome in current settings.

On the other hand, this completely remove the need for other non-primal weapons (except you level with it for a few hours). Because Primal Weapons (not the underpowered ones) requires at least 3 meld to be on level terms. With first meld being 100%. Other weapons including Aeolian Scimitar requires at very least 4 melds to be on level terms. Then second meld for Primal Weapons is at least 10% (Can be as high as ~25% depends on what you are aiming for). Success rate for a 3 meld for other weapons are already ~10%. Which one would you prefer to play with?

[Viridiana]

Part of me want multi melds on primal weapons because I want to make the best weapons. Although, It is kind of inefficient/troublesome in current settings.

On the other hand, this completely remove the need for other non-primal weapons (except you level with it for a few hours). Because Primal Weapons (not the underpowered ones) requires at least 3 meld to be on level terms. With first meld being 100%. Other weapons including Aeolian Scimitar requires at very least 4 melds to be on level terms. Then second meld for Primal Weapons is at least 10% (Can be as high as ~25% depends on what you are aiming for). Success rate for a 3 meld for other weapons are already ~10%. Which one would you prefer to play with?

If they did allow us to meld blue gear, I wouldn't want or expect 100% on the first meld. They're supposed to be equivalent to a 3-4 meld, right? Scale the odds accordingly. . .