Can Someone Knowledgable or a Dev Please Address This Materia Question/Concern?

[OxTitan]

Strength, Dex, Vitality (this is usually higher than the rest), Mind, and Int all have the same stat cap. Usually, these stats are already capped on HQ version of gear ( I assume all of them because I haven't seen a HQ version that wasn't already capped with these stats).

Det and Piety cap at the same stat. These stats cap at a lower value than the stats mentioned above.


Accuracy, Critical Hit, Skill Speed, Spell Speed, and Parry all have the same stat cap. Most of the HQ gear will have one of these stats already at cap. I've only seen a few gear where the HQ version wasn't fully capped on one of these stats. These are the stats you normally by materia for.

How about making them public on the Libra Eorzea app instead? A table we can download or browse and look this up ourselves. Doesn't affect the game at all that way.

What if the source of the data on the Libra was also gathered from the same source for the game data?

[Zeddy]

OR, add in an extra option to the list of actions "View Materia Caps", where it displays "Discard, Equip, Meld, Repair, etc."

I like this idea! Just add a "View Materia Caps" or something along those lines option.

Surely that would appeal to people interested in melding materia without being burdensome to those uninterested. This would address SE's logic that displaying materia caps by default would present superfluous information to people who may be uninterested in knowing the materia caps.

[Zeddy]

Due to this we do not have any plans of adding this information.

Thank you Camate for the reply.

I'm having trouble understanding why a feature (materia melding) would be created into the game, and when the game community asks for more information regarding this feature of the game we are met with a "we do not have any plans of adding this information" response. All we are asking is that the stat caps for equipment be displayed somewhere. The caps exist, it would just be helpful to know them BEFORE attempting to meld materia to a piece of equipment. Surely the great minds over at SE can think up a good place to put this information, but dont keep us in the dark. Knowing materia melding caps can help players set specific equipment goals.

Can SE reconsider providing IN-GAME information regarding equipment stat caps?

[Zeddy]

Greetings,

We realize that displaying the stat caps for materia on all equipment would be convenient; however, this would significantly increase the amount of information displayed for each item, and if you are a player that doesn’t have any interest in melding materia this information will be superfluous and may cause confusion. Due to this we do not have any plans of adding this information.

And one more thing Camate, might you be able to help address this other materia related issue I've never understood?

Why does the game allow you to meld materia when a 0 stat increase will result from the meld?

Would SE consider changing this so that when attempting to meld materia to equipment, if no stat bonus would result from the meld, the materia will NOT be allowed to be melded to the piece of equipment?

[Teykos]

And one more thing Camate, might you be able to help address this other materia related issue I've never understood?

Why does the game allow you to meld materia when a 0 stat increase will result from the meld?

Would SE consider changing this so that when attempting to meld materia to equipment, if no stat bonus would result from the meld, the materia will NOT be allowed to be melded to the piece of equipment?

Materia increases the speed an item spiritbinds.

People will spiritbind cheap materia that don't offer a stat increase specifically for this purpose because the tier of materia doesn't matter.

[LordSaviour]

If you notice it says, Stat increase of +0, Don't Meld the materia. Pretty simple really. If you are so inclined, make a thread on forum of your findings.

It will be beneficial to the community, and if they Devs see the community taking time to formulate said list, they may be inclined to add it to the Libra.

[Mihael_Longclaw]

I don't understand why even have the caps set up like they do? I mean on some gear using a +6 only nets you +5...well why not just allow it the +6...I mean we are talking 1point or 2 per piece of gear.

I agree with what your saying, if these odd caps are to stay in play, an easier way to see what cap is would be nice. Along with that inventory management needs some love, they need to make it so when you it shows you how many of item you have it displays like total ((amt on person/amt on retainer)....its increasingly hard to track so many items.

Inb4 Gryphonskin Tanks with 15K HP

[Zeddy]

Materia increases the speed an item spiritbinds.

Where does the game provide this information? Thanks for sharing I didn't know that?

[Zeddy]

If you notice it says, Stat increase of +0, Don't Meld the materia. Pretty simple really.

Please re-read my posts. The issue I have been describing is the inconvenience of not knowing equipment stat cap prior to attempting a meld.

The game should provided information regarding an item's stat caps, in some manner, prior to actually attempting to meld materia to the equipment.

[Chiapet]

Greetings,

We realize that displaying the stat caps for materia on all equipment would be convenient; however, this would significantly increase the amount of information displayed for each item, and if you are a player that doesn’t have any interest in melding materia this information will be superfluous and may cause confusion. Due to this we do not have any plans of adding this information.

How about we compromise? Display that info on the Libra