Can we get a materia required option for party finder?

[Vahlnir]

Not before we get a Soul Crystal required option for content above lvl 30 in duty finder

Yeah...after a certain point, I think that classes should be removed from the queue/join lists (Haukke Manor being the stopping point), forcing people to use their job stones at an appropriate level. That is a bigger issue than materia use.

[Equitable_Remedy]

I have no problem with that. My reaper stuff is already loaded with gathering materias so that i can get the souls of my ennemies more easily.

We've got a gamer here.

[HyoMinPark]

So, the insane stat increase you get from it isn't reason enough? You want it to shine and sparkle?

Except the “insane stat increase” is only a couple percent in actuality. Being fully melded doesn’t matter unless you’re doing Savage or Ultimate. Not even current Extremes really need it. Materia has its importance, but this post is quite disingenuous.

[DinahDemiurge]

Except the “insane stat increase” is only a couple percent in actuality. Being fully melded doesn’t matter unless you’re doing Savage or Ultimate. Not even current Extremes really need it. Materia has its importance, but this post is quite disingenuous.

Tell me you've never wiped at 0.1% without telling me you've never wiped at 0.1%

[Vahlnir]

Except the “insane stat increase” is only a couple percent in actuality. Being fully melded doesn’t matter unless you’re doing Savage or Ultimate. Not even current Extremes really need it. Materia has its importance, but this post is quite disingenuous.

It's not a lot of free damage but it's free damage all the same, so I will always promote materia use. If materia was hard to come by it'd be one thing, but it is not. The game practically throws materia at people.

[HyoMinPark]

Tell me you've never wiped at 0.1% without telling me you've never wiped at 0.1%

I have. Plenty of times due to deaths or other dumb mistakes. Doesn’t change that the post I answered is disingenuous.

Aside from the fact that, if you are wiping to 0.1% enrage, your problem is not materia. That is either:
1. Too many deaths (the most likely cause)
2. DPS lacking damage due to rotational problems
3. Healers not contributing to damage (actually the reason for a group I was in hitting enrage in TEA)
4. Tanks not contributing to damage enough

It’s not a materia issue. Especially for any of the content we have now. The only time it makes or breaks is Week 1 Savage in the third and fourth fights, and in Ultimates (where not having VIT melds would actually kill you, back when those were a thing).

Your implication that people who meld care about performance is skewed. You can have fully melded individuals who have no idea how to play their job/role. The two don’t go hand in hand. So I don’t really think forcing the requirement would help. Aside from the fact that it would be easily bypassed.

It's not a lot of free damage but it's free damage all the same, so I will always promote materia use. If materia was hard to come by it'd be one thing, but it is not. The game practically throws materia at people.

Yes. But again. Doesn’t change that the post is disingenuous. It’s fine to recognize the gains of materia. But don’t over-inflate it. That’s just the spread of misinformation.

“Insane stat gain” implies that materia adds a hugely significant amount of gained stats. I never said you didn’t get gains from it—but the implication is not “insane”, per that individual. Roughly 5% to 7% the last time I looked at estimates, which was some time back in Eden’s Verse.

[Joint]

Would appreciate it, not because materia itself gives you a huge edge or anything but players that actually care about taking 5 seconds to affix some materia are more likely to take the fight seriously. Thanks.

is it free? are you supplying the materia? Can i put gathering materia..would that suffice for your standards? You see where this is going. ilevel is a thing. I understand what you are saying but if you have tighter standards then maybe you should aim for a static

also, I've seen plenty penta melders poop the bed while weee ol non melded me is alive. you dont need vit materia anymore. All jokes aside, just not a good idea.

[DinahDemiurge]

is it free? are you supplying the materia? Can i put gathering materia..would that suffice for your standards? You see where this is going. ilevel is a thing. I understand what you are saying but if you have tighter standards then maybe you should aim for a static

Your post perfectly represents the kind of person that I do not want to do savages/extremes with in party finder. My only standard is that I play with people who try to not gimp themselves. By leaving slots empty (with applicable materia) and going into endgame, you show that you do not care for your own character or about your fellow players. The game THROWS materia at you in high level dungeons. You not taking the 5 seconds to affix them is a speaks volumes towards the way you think. This mindset brings down everyone else around you.

[SnowVix]

Melding your gear (with appropriate materia, no piety on PLD) is just as much part of prepping for raid as having HQ food enough for the full lockout, and early in tier, having potions (I'm far more willing to forgive potions than food because they're harder to track and easy enough to have them not weave properly).

[TaleraRistain]

Never would've thought wanting people to have materia on their gear would be considered controversial, but this is the official forums after all...

It's less controversial and more how exactly does the OP expect the game to police something like this past "something in the slot" which doesn't really solve the problem since as others have pointed out, someone can put any sort of higher level materia in there to bypass the requirement.