Quote Originally Posted by Jeeqbit View Post
Most people you meet in normal dungeons, trials and raids are casual or new players doing it for the first time.

They do not understand what materia is. They do not understand what it's for. They do not understand how to meld. Stats overwhelm them. They don't know what a BiS is or how to look it up. They probably don't care to look it up because they just want to enjoy the game and the story.

It only matters in extreme, savage and ultimate and to be honest, people get away without it in this sort of content too.
If that's the case why does SE give away top tier materia like candy in normal 80 dungeons ?