Overmelding needs a QoL change

[Jojoya]

As someone that just today melted 30 materias on a 17% slot... I disagree with OP. Because those must be wasted somehow or they will become worthless (every patch already makes them easier and easier to get).

So then why is materia being made easier and easier to obtain when it means there's more and more that needs to be destroyed? If there wasn't an excess flooding the system, there would be no need to find ways destroy it. It's set up an endless cycle that will never get better.

Here's a possible solution: remove all sources of materia except Conversion. Use the new spiritbond reset system so gear isn't destroyed.

Bind materia to the player so it can't be traded. If you want materia on your gear, better get to spiritbonding since you can't get it from someone else.

Allow players to continue to transmute materia at Mutamix but at a 2:1 rate since supplies will be limited to what they personally have.

If gear is allowed to have 5 materia, give it 5 sockets. Take away advanced melding since there's no longer a need to have a way to destroy a surplus flooding server economies.

Set sell to vendor value of materia at 1 gil. Bots can't abuse the system to effectively gil farm.

[DrWho2010]

So then why is materia being made easier and easier to obtain when it means there's more and more that needs to be destroyed? If there wasn't an excess flooding the system, there would be no need to find ways destroy it. It's set up an endless cycle that will never get better.

Here's a possible solution: remove all sources of materia except Conversion. Use the new spiritbond reset system so gear isn't destroyed.

Bind materia to the player so it can't be traded. If you want materia on your gear, better get to spiritbonding since you can't get it from someone else.

Allow players to continue to transmute materia at Mutamix but at a 2:1 rate since supplies will be limited to what they personally have.

If gear is allowed to have 5 materia, give it 5 sockets. Take away advanced melding since there's no longer a need to have a way to destroy a surplus flooding server economies.

Set sell to vendor value of materia at 1 gil. Bots can't abuse the system to effectively gil farm.

since it is a tradeable commodity there needs to be an abundance of it for a market to thrive. there also needs to be multiple sources of acquisition so that not everyone is shoehorned into one activity.