Quote Originally Posted by SirTaint View Post
Novus was my favorite part. Multiple ways to get alexandrite.

People puy too much emphasis on the secondaries. Yes 44crit 31 det is best for a lot of jobs. But if you don't have 15mil do ~25 Acc 25 crit 25 det. 14 mil cheaper and ACC never hurts especially with 2.4 on the horizon.
^ This

Atma, was a hell.
Animus, even more dreadful.
Novus, not that bad by comparison.

True, i cant be bothered to do the map hunts most of the time, but they're easy to come by and there's plenty of alternatives available for them (never did get an Alexandrite from a FATE though).
As far as implementations go, Novus is a breath of fresh air. No one is forcing you to buy the materia, but them being expensive is no excuse. Spiritbonding and selling what you dont need is more than enough to pay for it. Along with all the other hundreds of ways right now to obtain gil. You barely even have to do anything these days to get a nice steady income, opposed to the start of 2.0 where even the repair costs basicly nullified the amount of gil you made that day.