So they straight up threw out one of the core aspects of the original game - lovely...


Why the hell do we even have materia then? At least in 1.0, melded gear was extremely powerful. Risky and super expensive to make, but in the end far stronger than anything else if you were willing to put in the effort. That completely sucks that they've removed this aspect and IMO is totally inexcusable.

Keep catering to the lowest common denominator guys...