well honestly... crafting is fine. what needs changing is Materia. for example like a healer item. the Vanya Healing items. they have Mind caps of 0. and Strength caps of 7+. which is just silly. while there is an extremely small use for STR on a healer. there is like virtually zero chance anyone will actually utilize it. especially since we can't get good one-handed end game staffs.


i think maybe just change the way materia slots work. remove the stat cap. make it so you can only slot a materia of certain level matching the gear. and then maybe also make it so you can only slot one of the same kind of materia in each item.