Imperials on the move

[giftforce]

You are 5 months behind.

Ever since they introduced the sidequest system it was obvious that normal gear could be attained from NPC's from that point onwards, and was not going to stay crafting-exclusive.

Which was worrisome indeed, until they started talking about Materia.

It's the system that gives crafters the value they lost by having NPC's hand out gear. That was obvious too.

And since it's a voluntary system (you don't "need" materia, but everyone is going to want it anyway) it's a much better trade-off to keep crafting relevant and important.

And that's the gist of it.

No, no, no. There's a difference between handing out NQ gear and handing out +3 gear.

[Betelgeuzah]

No, no, no. There's a difference between handing out NQ gear and handing out +3 gear.

When both can be applied a materia, no, there isn't.