Quote Originally Posted by Miakisaki View Post
I agree with you completely OP. I can understand why they dinged SB in dungeons, but what in the world was in hurting in the overworld? Dedicated groups at Urth's Fount did nothing but spiritbond which didn't mess with anyone else's experience. Not to mention that and the i70+ SB change to make materia even MORE expensive for new crafters and Novus hunters, smh.
Tier IV conversion rates for i45 to i55 crafted gear havn't changed. Materia prices spiked because most players have yet to comprehend the new spiritbonding rules. Mass testing needs to be done to learn the conversion rates for i70 and i90 gear. Going by our current testing without the conversion rate change Tier IV materia prices would have crashed making Tier III materia the most expensive.

This was a very bad patch, almost bait and switch-like for new players. I hope things either revert or improve in time.
It is only day 2 of the patch so calling it a bad patch before things have settled down is presumptive.