Astral Ring

[Squa]

OK, so I was looking at the Astral Ring, and it only showed 1 materia slot. Where are people getting 5 slots? I agree with 5 slots it would be a much better choice than Darklight.

http://xivdb.com/?item/4527/Astral-Ring

[Leoheart]

OK, so I was looking at the Astral Ring, and it only showed 1 materia slot. Where are people getting 5 slots? I agree with 5 slots it would be a much better choice than Darklight.

http://xivdb.com/?item/4527/Astral-Ring

The slots on gear are there for a guaranteed 100% melding rate.
When the slots are filled, you can still meld to an item but at a lower success rate based on what tier materia is already melded.

[MithrasInvictus]

OK, so I was looking at the Astral Ring, and it only showed 1 materia slot. Where are people getting 5 slots? I agree with 5 slots it would be a much better choice than Darklight.

http://xivdb.com/?item/4527/Astral-Ring

In the interest of actually saying something useful instead of acting like a dumbass, I'll field this one. The slot that you see is a guaranteed meld. Every piece of meldable gear can take 5 materia, but melding them without slots (forbidden melding) carries risks of failure that grow the more materia you try to meld in to it after you run out of slots. On a single slot item, you'll be looking at an 8% success rate by the time to get to the fifth piece of materia.

[Ksenia]

OK, so I was looking at the Astral Ring, and it only showed 1 materia slot. Where are people getting 5 slots? I agree with 5 slots it would be a much better choice than Darklight.

http://xivdb.com/?item/4527/Astral-Ring

You have seen that guy by the retainer bell pissing 5 and 6 Quick Tongue III in to the wind to get them to stick? Now you know. When you get down on one knee to overmeld a crafted item, you better have a stack of materia for it. Further in you go, the bigger the stack. It ends at 11% and in FF14 that means you will want 30+ materia.

[scarebearz]

You have seen that guy by the retainer bell pissing 5 and 6 Quick Tongue III in to the wind to get them to stick? Now you know. When you get down on one knee to overmeld a crafted item, you better have a stack of materia for it. Further in you go, the bigger the stack. It ends at 11% and in FF14 that means you will want 30+ materia.

For a 1 slot item (e.g. Astral Ring), using grade III materia, it ends at 7% xD