Lol this is just getting hilarious. What is everyones problem with "grinding" a piece of equip to 100% to convert it into materia to make your shiny +3 even better than it was? People can talk as much as they want to, there will be a shitton of players doing exactly that and they don't mind at all! People farmed Kokoroon, Cactuar Jack, Old Six Arms etc etc etc like they were Nidhogg back in FFXI and why? To get equip that does NOTHING cause stats are broken? If people would mind doing it, they wouldn't, but still they do, so everyone who claims "hardcore" grinding is a relic of the past go play Hello Kitty Online again...if it makes you perform better in your class, people will do it and a lot of people will like it(if maximizing your peformance actually shows a difference)

This whole system favours all type of players. Casuals can just do it while they play, Hardcore have something to do even if they have all classes to 50 already, and semi hardcore who don't have all classes at 50, can focus on converting equip into materia for their one main class they want to pimp out. It's content for EVERYONE, so stop bitching about stuff you don't understand!