Quote Originally Posted by MasamuneBranford View Post
Good responses. Thank you.

I guess it's good to go for best possible - but as of now - if i'm only losing out on a mere 1 to 2 DPS - i'm not sure if it makes sense. I'm thinking i'll just farm the 75 alexandrite and wait till 2.4 to do any upgrading. A level 100 animus or a 110 soldiery weapon is fine to do everything currently available.
I'd say you'd be fine to start working on your novus as far as going up to the tier III materia right now. I can only speak for my server, and last I checked, tier III wasn't too bad. Tier IV materia is where prices tend to get stupid, at least on the highly sought out Crit and Det materia. Though prices have gone down since the initial rush, they are still pricey.