I didn't even read the entire post because I still think the armoury could've been a better system, they just needed to balance it better and provide us with accurate and easy to read information.

Not saying the rest of the post doesn't make good points because that would be assuming that I read them, which I did not, but if it's coming from the premise that somehow the armoury system sucks, and by extension the materia system already sucks because of its apparent similarities, I already disagree with it.