Quote Originally Posted by Xenor View Post
The main problem with Novus now is the price of materia. I consider myself a rich player and I am simply not prepared to spend 10 million gil on tier 4 materia to get my Novus, it's not worth it. I imagine the time involved in earning that 10 million back is far more than farming a sands of time via hunts to upgrade a weathered soldiery weapon to i110. So I will likely sit with 75 alexandrite until the upgrade is worth doing.
Get a few items SB them (lvl 50 abv) to 100%, convert it to get ur Materia IV.
http://www.ffxivguild.com/ffxiv-a-re...materia-guide/

But conversion is rng...
esti ard 3-4 dungeon runs, shd get e item SB@100%.
Item will indicate whether its convertible or not.

Hence u see players trying to earn our hard earn gil!!!
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...-Needs-To-Stop

Such materia prices are discouraging gameplay... SE shd sell materia by M-tomes