[Suggestion] - Materia for GC Seals

[Madrox]

i am against this for only one reason. it will make it harder for new players to come by a lot of materia that they would like to purchase off the players.

if it wasnt for that, you would have my full support.

[Taika]

i am against this for only one reason. it will make it harder for new players to come by a lot of materia that they would like to purchase off the players.

This. Everyone would just turn their lower tier materia for seals instead of selling it for a few thousand gil. People still use lower tier materia for the achievements at least, and I've heard someone once melded their lower level weapon and gear too.

If it's impossible for you to sell them on your retainer, just NPC them or put them in your bazaar for 500 gil.

[Holyomen]

i am against this for only one reason. it will make it harder for new players to come by a lot of materia that they would like to purchase off the players.

if it wasnt for that, you would have my full support.

You should put more trust in the market.

If lower tier materia supply goes down, then their value will increase.
Once this is realized the wards will fill back up again with those willing to make a nice profit.

Not only that but I'm willing to bet 50%, if not more, of the lower tier materia in the game is not listed in the wards but just sitting on retainers or occupying inventory space. So exchanging materia for seals isn't keeping them away from "new players" but their current low value is.

Imagine this, if players know that they can SB low level gear in a matter of minutes for materia that can be sold in the wards to potential "seals" buyers, I doubt there will ever be a shortage.