Novus weapon upgrade system findings

[Radacci]

Kind of depends on if we'll need Materia IV, or if Materia I, is sufficient...
But considering that Animus could take 150hrs, and there's multiple ways to obtain Alexandrites....i'm wondering how many alexandrites we'll even need? and Materia part will probably be a big time-sink...so i guess Materia IV...or even V
That way no one will have a head-start. Maybe we can get Materia V, by de-synth high lv gear, instead of SB. So might want to grind DL gear to de-synth, or even primal/coil gear.

[SirSaber]

Until we know how it works as in can you only use a certain amount of materia only or is it up till a cap. Who knows if we will need tier 4 or can use a bunch of 1,2,3s

This is exactly what I want to know.

[Zumi]

Did anyone try SBing ilvl 90 crafted gear yet?

[whoopeeragon]

I'm turning towards the idea of a cap of the possible stats, as it'll revive the I, II and III materia markets. It'll just be more of a pain in regards to alexandrites if they are the ONLY catalyst being used.

And considering that the zodiac weapon saga has done much in terms of 'using' old content and reviving aspects of the game that end-game people don't go to anymore (FATEs, Leves, Dungeons, beastmen strongholds), I wouldn't put it past them to have them revive the lower level materia markets.

So....either spend a ransom or get very lucky when SBing to get IVs and use minimal amounts of alexandrites, or go the safer option and farm up alexandrites to meld more I, II and III materia?

[Radaghast]

There's no materia V listed under new items, that won't be the materia you need.

[Heat]

This system better not take regular materia it better be some kinda of new special thing. If SE turns the novious from a RNG/work into a pure who has the most gil fest it defeats the purpose of the weapon completely. If RMT tells weren't bad enough before the update just imagine now, gil being more important then ever and materia is going to be through the roof expensive forever now. This sounds like a gill sellers dream and a players worst nightmare.

I hope this is the case but i dont think it is.

[Nahara]

I'm wondering if you have to meld a rank IV. Not sure the level of the materia matters, just the type. You put determination and critical hit rate and it automatically maxes it for i110.

I doubt it. It seems more likely that we will have to meld enough materia into the scrolls to get the stats we want.

So let's say you want 44 Crit and 31 ACC on your Artemis Bow (going by the stat values in the example image), you'd need something like 4 Savage Aim IV and 2 Savage Aim II materia, and 3 Heaven's Eye IV and 1 Heaven's Eye II materia melded to the Sphere Scroll with Alexandrite (no doubt) in order to get what you wanted.

[Decrith]

I just hope that whatever we infuse into the item itself will be maxed out.

The last thing I want to see is me having a Gae Bolg with DET + 20, Crit + 44, while another guy has DET + 21, Crit + 45

[whoopeeragon]

I just hope that whatever we infuse into the item itself will be maxed out.

The last thing I want to see is me having a Gae Bolg with DET + 20, Crit + 44, while another guy has DET + 21, Crit + 45

The patch notes does have this line:

Once fully infused, present the scroll to Jalzahn and you will be rewarded with a relic weapon novus of item level 110.

So you probably do have to max out the stats before you can turn it into a Novus.

[LunarEmerald]

I just hope that whatever we infuse into the item itself will be maxed out.

The last thing I want to see is me having a Gae Bolg with DET + 20, Crit + 44, while another guy has DET + 21, Crit + 45

Yes. This is the problem with having to meet the cap. Especially since we can't reset the stats till a later patch. I'm unsure if they will make this so you can "screw it up"