Novus Meld Failure - Remove Please

[Giantbane]

And secondary stats will continue to have a much smaller impact to overall effectiveness compared to the sheer power of primary stats and weapon damage.

Sure, two stats may represent the 'optimal', but most people can show you the loss of melding three stats is practically negligible.

Honestly, now that the nexus step is out, I think people are probably better off just getting to that step ASAP as the gain in weapon damage in primary stats outweighs trying to get a future more points in secondaries with Teir IV (yes I realize your secondary choices scale too, but the same principle applies as it does at the Novus state).

You can also rework your Novus/Nexus now. So even if you go the 3 stat route, you can just remove the *extra* stat and put on those expensive Tier IV materia at a later date when you have them.

[Granyala]

You can also rework your Novus/Nexus now. So even if you go the 3 stat route, you can just remove the *extra* stat and put on those expensive Tier IV materia at a later date when you have them.

Selective rework or do you have to "reset" it and start from scratch?

[Shougun]

Selective rework or do you have to "reset" it and start from scratch?

Have to get the scroll again and the gems for the melds you want to redo but it was nice of SE to not make a 100% rework.

Selective. You get a filled in sphere scroll, and you remove the ones you don't want. Then you use alexandrite and materia to fill in the rest just like you did the first time.

For example, given 33crit, 23det, 19acc. You remove the 19 accuracy, then using 19 alexandrite you can meld another 11 Tier IV crit and 8 Tier IV det to change it to 44 crit, 31det.

This ^ lol

[Granyala]

Have to get the scroll again and the gems for the melds you want to redo but it was nice of SE to not make a 100% rework.

Good to know, thanks.

you can't disagree that people are grossly over exaggerating how terrible they are.

Yes, people always exaggerate in RNG discussions. However, given the 2.35 spirit bonding chances, I think Novus should be looked at again.
If getting a Class IV materia is such a royal PITA, it should NOT be possible to be lost due to some "derp RNG".

keep the Materia, destroy the Alexandrite if you really feel the need to beat your players up.... (at least for the class IV tier), but imho, getting 75 gems and getting 30? ish Class IVs is more than enough effort for a simple item. At least it is for HONEST players.
Sure RMTers just snooze through it and burn a few Euros/Dollars, but systems should NOT be balanced with filthy cheaters in mind!

[Giantbane]

Selective rework or do you have to "reset" it and start from scratch?

Selective. You get a filled in sphere scroll, and you remove the ones you don't want. Then you use alexandrite and materia to fill in the rest just like you did the first time.

For example, given 33crit, 23det, 19acc. You remove the 19 accuracy, then using 19 alexandrite you can meld another 11 Tier IV crit and 8 Tier IV det to change it to 44 crit, 31det.