* Dropped Items and Materia
o This is the closest to this thread I could find. Still, it's mostly discussing the fact that U/U gear should be meldable, and that would solve a lot of the problems (which I disagree with. If they made U/U gear single meldable it'd make things bearable and U/U gear would actually get some use, but again the problem is double+ melding certain materia will FAR outperform anything that U/U gear will give.)
We did try to discuss the problems with multi-melding (specifically that it's a completely stupid system) a little bit in there, but that thread was basically ruined by a few retards. I tried to keep the OP focused on a specific goal since I thought it was a little more likely than getting rid of multi-melds. That said, I am of the opinion that the current materia system in general is broken and really bad for the game in the long term.

There's 2 ways to make the materia system good in my mind:

1) Everything gets 1 materia slot in 2.0. Multi-melds aren't possible and items with them have gone extinct.

or

2) Each item has a certain number of pre-set materia slots (For example: Ifrit's Bow has a Tier IV and a Tier III slot, Crab Bow has a Tier III slot and two Tier II slots). Melding has no chance of failure. Old multi-meld items are phased out.


I understand (though admittedly I haven't read the whole thread, so correct me if I'm wrong) you'd like to restrict melding to 1 only (which I agree with) but not allow it on U/U items. While this would be acceptable to me I don't see it as ideal. Materia is a neat concept and adds a nice level of customization to gear. It also gives some incentive to going out and grinding a bit even at max level.


anyway I guess what i'm trying to say here is bump