ilvl 70 gear and spiritbonding

[Urthdigger]

So, I've always advocated doing duty roulette in ilvl 55 crafted gear to earn materia, and that makes sense for hard mode and main scenario (sadly can't really spiritbond stuff in low level or guildhest), since the main scenario is designed to be beatable in the gear the game gives you up until then, and high level dungeons drop gear either at 55 or are the next upgrade. In either case, they're more than sufficient.

Extreme dungeons and trials, not so much. These are designed for level 70 people, so I can't exactly encourage using level 55 gear. But what about the level 70 stuff that's easier to craft now? Can that feasibly be spiritbound in extreme duty roulette? And does it appear to have a greater yield of tier 3 and 4 materia? Does it justify the cost?

[Kimura410]

probably will even out on the cost. 9 seal items would be 27k so like 30ishk per gear. most likely you get a level IV materia, so it may or may not justify the cost. when materia V is implemented, it will be nice, but then again ill probably be spirit bonding i90 crafted for that. you can get IV materia from i55 stuff so theres no reason to use 70, so just use your good gear mixed with some stuff you wanna SB and call it a day