Quote Originally Posted by CGMidlander View Post
The chances look perfectly reasonable to me. (Especially compared to overmelding.)
You also don't lose your alexandrite upon failure.
Prices on Ragnarok stonewall any chance at reliably buying Materia at Grade 3 and above. (Grade I and above for anything "Savage", Quickarm/Battledance and spell speed.)

18,000+ Gil for some Grade 3s, for those mentioned in Grade I above, 4~5,000 for starting prices.