Quote Originally Posted by StouterTaru View Post
The bigger question is will philo mats be useful after the update. If we can make ilvl90 gear from myth tomes, which will be as easy to accumulate as philo mats are now, why would anyone bother buying ilvl70 gear? The only possible reason I could see would be to spiritbond for tier IV materia.
Philo mats are still used in some 2* furniture, and there's no guarantee they won't also be used in i90 recipes. A lot of gear synths are the current material "tier" plus the next one down. Like say, Felt with Wool. Or Vanya with Felt. Or... mythmat with Vanya? Who knows.