Is there a conspiracy for lvl capped players to ignore materia?

[DinahDemiurge]

I'm all for materia melding. It does help greatly. But I do understand that we are 2 months (less than 2 for EA) out from the next expansion, so it probably doesn't matter as much now. Would I cringe to see someone in full 530 gear with 0 melds? Absolutely. There's no excuse for it. Even so, I would simply let them go about their business. It's their choice, for better or worse. Chances are someone, somewhere will point it out to them. They will either care or not give a crap.

All true....it just seems rude. I'd never join content and allow my own laziness to burden others. It hurts my head to try to put myself in that thought space. Maybe I'm too nice.

[Jeeqbit]

All true....it just seems rude. I'd never join content and allow my own laziness to burden others. It hurts my head to try to put myself in that thought space. Maybe I'm too nice.

That's a good mindset to have, it's just reality that most people don't have that mindset. Even if they do, most people are too casual to get to the point of contributing as much as they could. A lot of people will return to the game, clear the latest story dungeons and alliance raids, do a few expert roulettes, do the latest normal raids, start bozja, then stop playing for a few months and in that time they didn't always manage to get the highest item level or materia they could. Or they don't play for the content, like if they just do roleplaying or mostly synced roulettes where materia doesn't count.

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

All true....it just seems rude. I'd never join content and allow my own laziness to burden others. It hurts my head to try to put myself in that thought space. Maybe I'm too nice.

Well, melds only make good players better. They don't make bad players good.

If I'm on an alt job I rarely play, I'm not going to meld it, because it's rarely used.

My raid jobs are fully melded.

Most of the people you do content with in roulettes are not good enough to take advantage of said melds.