So what is this new "Materia Transmutation system"???

[EthanParcival]

I'm really starting to get tired of this game obsession with RNG... First the "fabulous" atma drops rates, and now the materia transmutation outcomes...

So, we go in, trade a heap of materia and get random materia back, which most often than not serves no purpose (elemental). Wohooo... gamechanging! #not...

Other than the artificially inflating the price of low level materia it did nothing to fix the overpriced high level crafting materia problem, so there's really not much point to doing this whole transmutation deal.

Dissapointing at best.

[Adoxx]

I'm really starting to get tired of this game obsession with RNG... First the "fabulous" atma drops rates, and now the materia transmutation outcomes...

So, we go in, trade a heap of materia and get random materia back, which most often than not serves no purpose (elemental). Wohooo... gamechanging! #not...

Other than the artificially inflating the price of low level materia it did nothing to fix the overpriced high level crafting materia problem, so there's really not much point to doing this whole transmutation deal.

Dissapointing at best.

Then don't do it, simple as that. I love the RNG of the materia as it just adds a bit of fun and something to do with materia I would otherwise just vendor.

[Cirno]

lol all these people complaining and getting mad about the prices of grade 1 materia as though they've suddenly been slapped with some ludicrous price tag they'll never be able to afford. You guys make it sound like SE kicked your dog or something. Get real.

That said though, I don't like how gimmicky this new transmuting deal is either. I suppose it's nice if you spend a lot of time spiritbonding things and you wind up with junk when you convert the gear, but relying solely on RNG for anything worthwhile is no good. It's too gamey to make it anything to be excited about.

[Penguinmayhem]

It's not just even more RNG, it's a worse RNG than just soulbinding normally because it completely removes the item-specific materia limitations on what you can roll. There is literally no purpose for it. It's useless. It's less than useless, it's a huge waste of time pretending to be some kind of massive improvement. It's insulting.

Stop fixing your crappy RNG problems by adding even more, even crappier RNG problems into the game, Square. Stop it.

[melflomil]

While we are this topic. Please increase HQ gathering percentage from 15% to about 100%. With my RNG luck I hardly get hq materials

[Giantbane]

Conversely, your useless Earth I could turn into a Savage Aim IV. It could be completely random or you might get better luck by transmuting higher level materia, but either way, the elemental materia will finally be useful for .. something.

They *could* have just removed the elemental materia from the game since it's stupid and nobody uses it. Instead they put in this stupid system.