Crazy thought about materia

[Darki]

It's about the i110 battle gear vs craftable i90 gear. I am unable to find any information on this even through Google. Is it possible to take a crafted i90 piece of battle armor and materia meld stats onto it that would make it more effective or on par with the higher item level gear from duties?

Sorry if this is a colossal noob question.

[Zephyranthes]

Yes. The crafted lvl 90 gear can be pretty good fully melded.

[Friske]

Although crafted gear is no match for ilvl110 gear, it is almost on par with ilvl100 gear if melded correctly. If you have loads of gil and you think it'll be a while until you get ilvl110 gear, go for it.

[Altimis]

It's about the i110 battle gear vs craftable i90 gear. I am unable to find any information on this even through Google. Is it possible to take a crafted i90 piece of battle armor and materia meld stats onto it that would make it more effective or on par with the higher item level gear from duties?

Sorry if this is a colossal noob question.

i110 >>>>>> i90 HQ craft gear full melded

btw, check market as well because materia price nowadays is bloody hell, this depends on server too

[Sapphic]

i110 >>>>>> i90 HQ craft gear full melded

btw, check market as well because materia price nowadays is bloody hell, this depends on server too

Yerp.

As you gain much more from the primary stat than secondary stats. Not to mention extra vit and defences.

300k for crit/det IVs on Odin last time I checked :S 5.7 million gil for +11 crit +8 det on Novus? Newp. 19 acc or skill speed so rest of MNK BiS is supah for HA weapon which has no acc anywho Especially as we nearly have t8 down after 2 runs.

[Darki]

Ok so 90 with melds is on par with 100 gear but not 110. Thank you very much for the information!

The reason why I asked is because I feel a certain pride in making my gear instead of acquiring it from chests in a duty. I'm weird like that.

[HaelseMikiro]

also stand by for new i100 gears dropping from CT2 and Ramuh next week, hoping he drops a nice ring at least.
All I saw from Yoshi was that Ramuh would drop weapons and accessories, but which slot(s) the accessories would be was not indicated. I guess Choker are unreasonable as Mog drops 'em. Maybe everything isle is fair game though?

[Dano]

i90 HQs with melds might be on par with i100s, i90 NQs are garbage. Higher ilevel gear will always have better primary stats, which makes a bigger impact on your character's performance.

[StouterTaru]

It depends highly on the slot for the gear. Body and Pants are hands down higher ilvl wins, period. Head, Hands, and Feet you can get better pieces at ilvl90 than you get at ilvl100, most the time, and can get in the neighborhood of ilvl110 in some cases.

Belts are a different story, a penta-melded ilvl90 belt can compare to an ilvl110 belt in a lot of cases. Accessories are on the same level as belts, but there are no ilvl90 accessories at this point. Plus, like was said above, materia is expensive, and you will need 30 or so tier IV materia to penta-meld a belt/accessory, so it will be very expensive.

[Black91CRX]

I'm running a couple pieces of melded i90 instead of soldiery gear. It's nice to be able to add stats to suit your needs.