Quote Originally Posted by NoctisUmbra View Post
The way I see it, the materia system was added as a gear-sink to stimulate the in-game economy as well as increase the usability of crafted gear and promote customization. These are all great and it is indeed working as intended. Rather than extend this to fit with U/U as well- and they'd have to re-evaluate the entire system to have it work well and balanced with U/U gear as well and anyone who thinks they can simply say hey gais U/U gear is meldable now is kidding themselves- I suggest they add a new system for U/U gear. Ways to enhance them by adding certain stats- or better yet, effects to them. A name change would be cool as well.
What about materia that can only be melded to U/U gear... what about NMs dropping materia? Maybe some big bad fire NM drops materia that is made specifically for Ifrit Weapons... or Adamantoise drops a materia that is only for PLD/WAR AF body... Upgrading gear is a good way to keep older content relevant... materia could be the way they do that