novus and materia question

[Spawnie]

Yep. That's all i49ish, so it's good in all the popular overworld SB spots.

tyvm for all the info been really helpful much appreciated ;3

[braneri1]

Also you can use spirit binding potion available at your Grand Company and use sb gear from the gc like Patriot choker or something that gives +1 or +2 for spirit binding and i also use a meteor ring to speed up the process. Materia is super expensive no doubt, my Novus is on hold because of it

Never use the sb bonus gear, it provides an extremely low bonus and isn't even remotely worth using. The potion barely makes any difference either. These things have been tested, look it up if you want to see just how bad they are.

[Alx789]

Can anyone explain me which way of SB will be optimal for me.
I have i108 brd and i can craft for this class any gear and acessories hq with level less than 50.
Also i have enough materia II and need mostly IV and III.
What should be better for me - replace all gear having det and crit stats to i45-49 hq items and goto to souths shroud with sb potion only or replace 1-2 items only and also use all items with sb stats? Or goto hard roulette dungeons?

[Spawnie]

from what i gathered from readin other info is full party in south shroud takes mayb 10mins to fully SB gears, not sure how fast dungeon runs sb gear tho

[Maero]

yeah thats why i asked about the level 4 materia since thats the killer in obtainin novus.. i had about 60 materia sittin in retainer ive been stocking since day 1 n nvr really had a use for it lol but no level 4 that i need

i know exactly what you mean. My novus has been on hold for sometime now as i was shooting for ful crit and det Bard Novus.
Which i am both at IV materia. Crit is around 300-450k at most but det iv has not gone down like ever, it sits around 650k each.
Just wish i knew what items have better chance to be IV materia when converted, who am i kidding it's all RNG. sigh
Also i have been sb in lower level dungeons, it helps alot.

Can anyone explain me which way of SB will be optimal for me.
I have i108 brd and i can craft for this class any gear and acessories hq with level less than 50.
Also i have enough materia II and need mostly IV and III.
What should be better for me - replace all gear having det and crit stats to i45-49 hq items and goto to souths shroud with sb potion only or replace 1-2 items only and also use all items with sb stats? Or goto hard roulette dungeons?

Urth's Gift (or whatever it be called) near Quarrymill. Not sure your server but Leviathan always has Spirit Binding parties up
For Bard i have been using Spinel rings. No IV materia yet but any gear level 49 or so i heard is best

And.. people i have talked to swear by the spirit binding potion which you use while in sb parties. Does it work, does it not that much? D'ont really care every little bit helps.

edit. also wanted to mention that some accesories you can actually wear on your gatherers, so if you decide to go mine or do botany, spirit bind away.

[Nutz]

I have a question regarding the materia.

I'm quite confused as to why level II materia's are way more expensive than their level III counterparts. Does anyone have any theories?

For example, crit II's are hovering around $25K to $40K while crit III's are maybe $3k-5K.

Mostly it's because people are always looking for a payday. As such lots of people are converting level 45+ gear in hopes of tier IV materia, but 90% of the time, give or take, they get tier III materia. As such there is a large supply of tier III (battlecraft) materia simply because people are trying for tier IV. Tier II is easy and predictable, but nobody bothers much with it. If you are actually concerned with the price I'd suggest spiritbinding it yourself. It will be quick and easy. It's more or less an untapped market on many servers.

[Niwashi]

So going between tiers I, II, and III is pretty straightforward by item level, but then that tier III to IV distinction comes down to RNG? Weird.

[Bixby]

So going between tiers I, II, and III is pretty straightforward by item level, but then that tier III to IV distinction comes down to RNG? Weird.

I think it's the same for I, II, and III as well. At least close to the edges. The stuff that will give you a I has a small chance of giving you a II, and so on. Hard to find really solid information, though. Most of what I can find (other than info on III/IV and the recent change to make nothing a guaranteed IV anymore) is speculation, outdated 1.x info, or has nothing approaching data/a source/confirmation.