Quote Originally Posted by Timmyftw View Post

Soo you meld 3 materia, 1 is gonna have to be CP, and if the other two are control and craftsmenship... A tier VIII materia is 21 craftsmenship or 13 control...
830 + 21 is 851, 3 craftsmenship lower then the Skysteel.
455 + 13 is 468, control equal to the Skysteel
Also -1 on the item level... even if you waste the highest tier materia... it's worse.
This is my biggest issue with it. Resplendent are the hardest crafts in the game, which require the best gear for. . . literally the same thing as the relic you used to craft it?

All for a glow?

That you'll be able to two button craft in the next expansion if the glow glamour is that important to you?

IMHO the resplendent tools were a waste of developer time. They should have done the next step of the crafter relic and made them better than pentemelded HQ Asthete's.