Quote Originally Posted by Shougun View Post
You can make things difficult without using RNG - I hope thats what SE is aiming for in 2.0 . The RNG is really annoying, has no respect for hard work or skill - just about rolling dice.
In a MMO without any RNG you would finish it fairly quick and be sitting around moaning about how there is nothing left to do/get.

materia has a nice low barier of entry and ramps up as the rewards "Ammount of stats you get from gear" ramp up. I don't see what the issue with this is considering you only need single meld if that to even do any of the content the game has to offer. It's a nice way for people to spend time and actually look forward to having something to do other than idle around town. In the age of "Give it to me now" you need some sort of long term goals in the game and materia is pretty much the only one we have right now.