Elemental Materia 1-4, Stat materia, repairing

[ArcedM]

Why is there no real use for elemental materia? We have a chance at converting items and getting a different element from each piece. But once we have the materia the only real use for it, is to stick it an item being planned to be converted. Just wondering why this part of the game that has been around so long has never seen a real use, other then simply destruction. These end game fights could be using the rank 4 elements with the implement of attaching materia to items you acquire that do not have slots available. Although it would take some minor tweaking giving everything different values to make a more positive productive role for such an overlooked creation.

More on next threat. I can only post 1k characters at a time! HAHA

[ArcedM]

In example adding sockets to allagan, mythology items, even darklight just tweaking to where you could only stick elemental materia into them giving them a more justified means of use. Making monsters as well as bosses more challenging and diverse given elemental moves.

You would then have to change out your gear so to speak re-slotting materia for every fight. Creating a much more challenging fight. I see this element in the game and its just not being used. Is there a reason for this?

[ArcedM]

As of now its just if you can get a certain ilvl you can beat this or that so to speak. There's really no serious in depth complexity to any fight other then get that piece of gear and your "A' ok!" to beat it. Think about it for a minute. You first generate a new value for something that was seen as junk making it wanted, creating a market for it. Making these crafters wanting to craft. People wanting to break down and convert items. I mean I could go on with the stated materia as well. Although that has more of a use then to just stick it in a piece of craft and convert faster. How long has that stuff been around and you can't really do anything with it?

[ArcedM]

I sincerely do not mean to poke holes or make any type of digs through this post. Just want answers on why, what, when, where, how come?
I play every series this franchise produces.

Again was this something that was just overlooked or this idea was never even thought of?

I was creating a spreadsheet to compare everything known to a blackmage, leatherworker, and weaver. With all 3 of these classes, and jobs I see the same huge possibility of making this stuff more useful! Some things can just be over looked until you get the numbers in front of you and go "WOW!" what happened to this part of my favorite game to date?

[ArcedM]

You can't add more Intelligence to this item because it does not have a slot for materia. When crafting becomes outdated due to the Vanya's ilvl you sit there and just marvel at something that has extreme potential that's been sitting in front of you this entire time. But for now you realize the time you've spent leveling these crafts have become a soon to be void. We even have the ability it states under every item to repair it, yet in a dungeon we cannot repair it with the given leveled craft and items at hand.

[ArcedM]

There will always be a use for the rank 3 materias you use for relics, an idea like I've stated would expand upon that giving everything a broader more refined feel.
I realize this is a lot to read.
Due look forward to a response to all of these questions.

[ArcedM]

This had to be broken up into so many different posts due to the one thousand limit I exceeded when trying write this up.

[Mcshiggs]

You can edit your first post to get past the 1k character limit, and they have said many times that crafted gear was never meant to be more powerful than it's current item level, so basically crafted gear is just incomplete gear until you put materia in it to bring it up to par with dungeon gear of that level, materia just lets you customize your secondary stats on that gear. It's just right now we can only craft up to ilvl 70 stuff, but can kill stuff for or buy ilvl 90 stuff, so crafting gear isn't really an option for endgame right now, they have made their materia system really disappointing.

[ArcedM]

I don't think you even comprehend where I was taking this. This is not a rant. Nor a jest by any measure. This was a statement I was trying to make to get answers on WHY you can not add materia to these high end pieces of gear. They implemented a means to do so through the secret technique taught to you by the same quest giver that allows you to meld materia. But you are unable to do so.

When you are in a dungeon bashing your head in learning a fight so to speak, you spend ALOT of time soaking up just learning. Why can't you repair right then and there?

[ArcedM]

Rank 4 materia for elements has 0 use for this game. You can stick it in something and convert it. Or hey that craftable armor you mentioned could use some fire resist IV. Now if you did this you would neglect all of your stats you would be wanting that crafted piece for because its value to YOU is in where the materia slots are, how many it can hold.
I wont even begin to argue with you with over something outdated now and not even a viable means to use in progression.
There is just no point.