Explorer's Tabard (Why?)

[Mister-Wonderful]

Well, that does show how hard it is to free up the body slot and still stay at or near the stat caps. Without giving up the Eyepatch about all you could do would be improve the gloves. Barring that it comes down to Crit vs PIE.

I personally use a Crit Atk melded body even though my Piety isn't capped. I had it made before the stat caps were raised a couple of patches ago and haven't bothered to change it. Now it might be worse than a PIE melded body, might be a wash, I don't know. At least it's better after this most recent patch buffed crits.

Oh, I also suppose you could go with a hybrid body with PIE + Crit Atk, but I don't like that idea.

Yeah i'm not fond of mixing materia either, I like to stick to one stat per piece. Once I get a double meld crit I'm definetly going to start playing aroud with that too, since I did see a noticable increase in crit damage from the eyepatch and caligae alone.

[Frein]

Yeah i'm not fond of mixing materia either, I like to stick to one stat per piece. Once I get a double meld crit I'm definetly going to start playing aroud with that too, since I did see a noticable increase in crit damage from the eyepatch and caligae alone.

Mixing materia types gives better meld rates, though, does it not?

[Mister-Wonderful]

Mixing materia types gives better meld rates, though, does it not?

It does, but Melding success rate has never deterred me! BREAK ALL THE THINGS!

I just prefer to stack 1 stat and have multiple sets of gear than to mix and match a single piece. I have made my Crit attack body on Rainmakers tunic so I can use it on all jobs instead of a hauby.

[Frein]

It does, but Melding success rate has never deterred me! BREAK ALL THE THINGS!

I just prefer to stack 1 stat and have multiple sets of gear than to mix and match.

You must be drowning in gil, materia and pieces of equipment. I get incredibly frustrated just trying to do a simple double meld, draining me of my time and my gil and emptying the wards of affordable materia. Yeah, I really hate this materia system.

[Mister-Wonderful]

You must be drowning in gil, materia and pieces of equipment. I get incredibly frustrated just trying to do a simple double meld, draining me of my time and my gil and emptying the wards of affordable materia. Yeah, I really hate this materia system.

Not a fan personally either, I just spiritbond all the time. I do have a nice amount of gil if I do feel the need to purchase materia, but most of it is created by me.