Quote Originally Posted by Donjo View Post
If my theory is true, I've provided the reason for having to still meld 31 several times: It would be unfair for some people to not have to meld 75 times. It would also be even more confusing if every meld of a weighted stat mysteriously decreased the total number of melds you could do.
Everyone has to meld 75 times, regardless of the stats you're going for. It's the same work.

Face it, some people will have +31 det and +44 crit because that's what they want.

The fact that IV materia still only gives +1 is evidence of that.