Read through the patch notes...

[Welsper59]

As a crafter, I have to say I want to cry after going through the items list. These tears are not of joy, but of great sorrow for what's most likely to come.

After reading the increase to GP for i55 accessories on Gathering, I figured oh well, not too bad since the current stuff isn't expensive to meld, so getting rid of it for something new isn't too big of a deal... that's when I saw it...

Rose Gold Earrings of Gathering - "Ooh so there's new Gathering accessories to be made in light of the change. All right, time to get some mats together in prepa..."
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Mosshorn Earrings - "... another i55 equip? Why is there anot... wait... they wouldn't. Not with the cost of materia as it currently is. No.... NOOOOOOOOOO!"

[Brainberry]

I'm more sad about the new mainhands....i just finished getting them all not too long ago.

But yeah, if....we have to remeld....with the current prices for materia..*tear*

[Welsper59]

I'm more sad about the new mainhands....i just finished getting them all not too long ago.

But yeah, if....we have to remeld....with the current prices for materia..*tear*

Oh good lord, I didn't even notice that... but that's all right with me. Obtaining the i70 weapons was simple and actually somewhat inexpensive (once you were melded decently). It just took like an hour to make everything. Likewise, the gathering weapons... whatever, its simple enough and not a burden on cost (probably).

But thank you for sharing my pain on materia melding possibly being needed again. This is such depressing news LOL!

[Raldo]

I'd rather meld one thing that can be applied to all my DoH jobs over pumping out 50 HQ items for a new mainhand per DoH. This is far less painful than the last major patch.

Also, the stat caps are likely to match the current i55 wrists, so if you go from max-melded Red Coral Ears to max-melded new ears, you're only gaining 2CP, 1Control, 1 Craft. I think you'll manage.

There's more than just the earrings though. It seems we're getting an i55 item for all our current slots that don't have them (Dodore Belt, etc.).

[Yumi_umi]

Quick buy out the market before they inflate prices.
No seriously lol.
2.2 all over again, MB and crafters in a nutshell.

[Dark-Saviour]

Returned a while back and haven't had close to enough cash to start going after the new master gear, so seeing the bar slide again is... not pleasant. May as well give up on crafting and gathering at this rate. :-/

[Welsper59]

I'd rather meld one thing that can be applied to all my DoH jobs over pumping out 50 HQ items for a new mainhand per DoH. This is far less painful than the last major patch.

Also, the stat caps are likely to match the current i55 wrists, so if you go from max-melded Red Coral Ears to max-melded new ears, you're only gaining 2CP, 1Control, 1 Craft. I think you'll manage.

There's more than just the earrings though. It seems we're getting an i55 item for all our current slots that don't have them (Dodore Belt, etc.).

That's true lol. I was just pointing out the first one I saw in that post. I have a supply of those goods in light of SE inevitably making these low demand (but somewhat hard to get) items important.

It's most likely to help ease the need to penta meld a little for current 3 star goods, but the success chances are still warped in general to overmeld. I highly doubt these new ones will break the typical mold of only 1 materia slot avail before needing to do that.

Assuming 4-star goods are ever released though, I'd imagine we'd need to cap the new accessories as best as possible to have the least reliance on RNG to HQ. It's odd, but some of the slots seem to have different caps too, so what we'd need is probably going to involve A LOT of t3 and possibly t4 materia. Haaa... just gotta wait and see. Here's to sincerely hoping the new gear has more stats on them as a base to ease the need to meld so much.

Quick buy out the market before they inflate prices.
No seriously lol.
2.2 all over again, MB and crafters in a nutshell.

I have a stock of some materia I've been buying for such occasions as this. Still on the look out for deals too, but otherwise I just convert my own usually.

[Welsper59]

Returned a while back and haven't had close to enough cash to start going after the new master gear, so seeing the bar slide again is... not pleasant. May as well give up on crafting and gathering at this rate. :-/

At the very least, no need to give up on gathering, I would think. I doubt there will be much need to meld a lot. As it currently stands, melding to achieve all node access is rather inexpensive and doesn't even involve more than a few t3 materia and only a bit of overmeld per to do.

[Airget]

Man a new main tool, from i70, to i75 that's just disappointing lol. I think that just killed any desire to keep up with my DOL or DOH til they decide to make the experience at least a tad more engaging adding more variety rather than 1-5 recipes for each class that are more than just furniture and recipes needed to obtain DOL/DOH gear lol.

[Seif]

Why did they make the grind items 100% useless? That's just throwing millions of gil away for every non hq item produced...