Quote Originally Posted by Jinko View Post
Agree, I duno why you have to lose the item when you fail anyway, it would make much more sense to lose the materia and the catalyst.
Yeah but forbidden stacking is already ridiculously rewarding, simple, and accessible, that would trivialize it even further. Rare/ex gear doesn't need forbidden but they need access to a materia slot to get the bare functionality, and utility of the system. Some materia you can't just overpower with another stat, like enmity, or huge numbers of STR, and even one meld is enough to level the field, not only in terms of viability but customization as well.

Has this still not received even a single nod from the devs or mods? The materia system is neat and adds a lot to items, and we really just want to use it. Forgive the lack of faith in your itemization, but you really haven't shown much to be hopeful for. It's awful to know that an entire patch is devoted to artifact gear when it's either going to be completely terrible and there's no reason to use it, or it will invalidate every materia slot in the entire game.