Quote Originally Posted by Jennestia View Post
Contrived storytelling is always frowned upon though and has been one of the biggest complaints against SE's latest works, XIII being the most popular.
And yet I've heard few, if any, complaints about materia being added in the exact same way. It's not outside the realm of possibility to see this added as lore is all I'm saying. Maybe they just now figured out a way to permanently tame them, an advancement in tech/magic from the Ul'dah opening. Maybe someone from another area of the world figured out how to do it and has come to Eorzea. Maybe it's something to do with the Garleans. There are dozens upon dozens of ways for them to do it easily and then it's lore for good.