new melding system. more casual? no thanks!

[Black_Rose]

i'm fine with this change.
i don't want materia to play a big role for me in a game where i expect endgame equipment to be superior to materia equipment.

it's fine for when you want to make materia equipment to help you reach a goal, but that's how far it should go and not further.

the idea of materia at first was fine, and i was happy about it when i saw the news.
but then i saw people stack stats like crazy to go faster for that dungeon, or drop garuda in a matter of minutes.
i still have nightmares remembering the prices of intelligence materia when garuda was burnable by a group of BLMs that had enough accuracy and INT loaded on them.

that's one more reason i want SE to give a limit as to how high a player can actually stack one stat with materia alone.

[Kallera]

i'm fine with this change.
i don't want materia to play a big role for me in a game where i expect endgame equipment to be superior to materia equipment.

it's fine for when you want to make materia equipment to help you reach a goal, but that's how far it should go and not further.

the idea of materia at first was fine, and i was happy about it when i saw the news.
but then i saw people stack stats like crazy to go faster for that dungeon, or drop garuda in a matter of minutes.
i still have nightmares remembering the prices of intelligence materia when garuda was burnable by a group of BLMs that had enough accuracy and INT loaded on them.

that's one more reason i want SE to give a limit as to how high a player can actually stack one stat with materia alone.

Why should crafters have a glass ceiling for their work? The goal is to make exceptionally good gear. Without materia crafting becomes a lot less viable in making an economy and customizing builds for maximum effect.

[Black_Rose]

Why should crafters have a glass ceiling for their work? The goal is to make exceptionally good gear. Without materia crafting becomes a lot less viable in making an economy and customizing builds for maximum effect.

i'm not sure what you're trying to get at, i never implied that i want materia to get useless, crafters will still make equipment and they would even without materia.atleast i was before materia was introduced.
and i heared people in games that don't have materia like systems make equipment still aswell!

all i'm saying is that it should be looked at as a meaning to get to your goal quicker.and that shouldn't be another +16 STR on some 40k gil piece of equipment that can be crafted, but rather a piece of dungeon equipment.

builds for maximum effect is the right word.tho, that 100 INT from only stacking INT on a BLM isn't exactly what i would call maximum effect.it's just a way to dumb down a good game.

[Kallera]

i'm not sure what you're trying to get at, i never implied that i want materia to get useless, crafters will still make equipment and they would even without materia.atleast i was before materia was introduced.
and i heared people in games that don't have materia like systems make equipment still aswell!

all i'm saying is that it should be looked at as a meaning to get to your goal quicker.and that shouldn't be another +16 STR on some 40k gil piece of equipment that can be crafted, but rather a piece of dungeon equipment.

builds for maximum effect is the right word.tho, that 100 INT from only stacking INT on a BLM isn't exactly what i would call maximum effect.it's just a way to dumb down a good game.

So because I spent several hours farming materials from mobs and repeating a recepie and blowing up melds until I got what I wanted. It doesn't count

But it does count if I spend several hours farming NMs, repeating an instance, and blowing up adds until I got what I wanted?

Same randomness, imo.