Meld AF Gear

[Shougun]

Yeah, I was rather sad that once I got all my AF I was just going to replace it for materia based generic gear.

Why not make materia like enchanting and just need someone from a certain trade skill to infuse it onto the armor.

Yeah, or just more like how it was in FF7. Put it, take it, do whatever.

Too much (in my opinion) of FFXIV is based on chance. More skill (or predictable dedication) please, so like a materia smith job class who melds and makes materia - if anything else make it a mini game to attach (then you would just go to a person good at melding game/or crafting).

As to actual AF melds - I think if the system is changed so you cant break it (via FF7 or a job class similar to enchanting) then yeah sounds good. But also keep in mind that they will likely do upgrade quests like there were in FF11.

[Zumi]

My beef with the materia system in FFXIV is that it is too overly complicated for its own good.

Most MMOs or RPGs that have gear with sockets which you put some item in those sockets to increase their stats use a system similar to FFVII. Each piece of gear or weapon has a set amount of sockets and anyone can socket the item into their own gear.

What they should do with FFXIV is drop the whole chance to brake the item. Let anyone who has materia socket it into their gear. Make each item in the game have a set number of sockets. Lets say AF gear has 1 or 2 sockets for materia. Crafted items could then work like this, say if I NQ it only has 1 socket, but if I hq it and make it a +1 then it has 2 sockets and better stats, if I do really good and +2 it then maybe it has 3 sockets. Maybe raid dropped gear has 3 sockets to make it better then like AF.

I can remember getting my first job to 50 and buying gear then having no way of socketing materia in it because, I didn't know anyone with all those crafts leveled. This was before there was even AF or anything obviously.

[Duelle]

I'll just point to the vanity slots link in my sig.

Most MMOs or RPGs that have gear with sockets which you put some item in those sockets to increase their stats use a system similar to FFVII. Each piece of gear or weapon has a set amount of sockets and anyone can socket the item into their own gear.

Indeed. KOTOR has a great foundation for a socket/mod system, for example.

What they should do with FFXIV is drop the whole chance to break the item. Let anyone who has materia socket it into their gear. Make each item in the game have a set number of sockets. Lets say AF gear has 1 or 2 sockets for materia. Crafted items could then work like this, say if I NQ it only has 1 socket, but if I hq it and make it a +1 then it has 2 sockets and better stats, if I do really good and +2 it then maybe it has 3 sockets. Maybe raid dropped gear has 3 sockets to make it better then like AF.

They added the chance to break to increase movement of gear in and out of the game. I don't see that changing, sadly. The economic backlash of such a change would be pretty big. While I would be indifferent to that, the developers seem to really care for crafters. =/

[Shougun]

My beef with the materia system in FFXIV is that it is too overly complicated for its own good.

Most MMOs or RPGs that have gear with sockets which you put some item in those sockets to increase their stats use a system similar to FFVII. Each piece of gear or weapon has a set amount of sockets and anyone can socket the item into their own gear.

What they should do with FFXIV is drop the whole chance to brake the item. Let anyone who has materia socket it into their gear. Make each item in the game have a set number of sockets. Lets say AF gear has 1 or 2 sockets for materia. Crafted items could then work like this, say if I NQ it only has 1 socket, but if I hq it and make it a +1 then it has 2 sockets and better stats, if I do really good and +2 it then maybe it has 3 sockets. Maybe raid dropped gear has 3 sockets to make it better then like AF.

I can remember getting my first job to 50 and buying gear then having no way of socketing materia in it because, I didn't know anyone with all those crafts leveled. This was before there was even AF or anything obviously.

This is pretty much exactly how FFVII worked lol - and I would really like this system in place (with some changes to make sure some weird excess of materia doesnt happen).

To the economic backlash - for us right now yes but doing it in 2.0 in advance would prevent a large backlack.