Quote Originally Posted by DreadNaught View Post
The whole point of this system is to have a connection with your armor the armor that YOU want not just for stats because the materia may make up for the loss on the "crappy" gear deemed by other players. I am for this system and will wear gear that I like and grind materia to make it better than yours >O)
Exactly. Yes, this system kinda sucks for people who already have one or more classes to rank/level 50 because it means we'll have to go back and grind in sub-par gear, but you have to think of it from the perspective of new players.

For them, being able to transition your old gear into materia will be a very smooth, intuitive process that happens as they level up, not something they have to go back and grind. The same will hold true for experienced players once more new content comes out.