novus and materia question

[Bixby]

Yeah, IVs are a lottery. But if you can craft a full set of SB gear (or get someone to craft it for you) and do a few SB sessions, you should come out ahead, and can use the profits to buy IVs if you don't get any, or to invest in even more SB gear, until you're Scrooge McDuck with the gil. It's hit or miss if you buy all the finished gear off the MB, but even paying a commission fee to get it crafted can be cheaper than that. (Someone in my FC paid me 75k to HQ 10 full sets of leather after he supplied all the mats and shards. Plus a similar deal with someone else for the jewelry. He's still going to come out way ahead in the end.)

For BRD, Cobalt Sallet or Raptorskin Pot Helm (Cobalt Sallet is better, but everything else is LTW, so you might find it easier to stick with LTW for everything on the left side), Raptorskin Voyager's Belt, Jacket, Brais, Armguards, Leg Guards on the left side, then Spinel Choker, Bracelet, Earrings and Rings on the right. I use the SB+ potions, but don't bother with any of the gear. It's fast enough for me with just the potion, and I'd rather be able to convert every slot (except weapon).

[NorthernLadMSP]

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.

[Bixby]

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?

Supply. Lots of people SB for profit, and they're using the i49ish stuff, which only gives IIIs and IVs. Is and IIs mostly come from people leveling. Hardly anybody really aims for making IIs.

For crafting and gathering, it's also because of the way overmelding works out. The more you meld onto a single piece (past the guaranteed slots), the lower the chances of success. That chance is also lowered with higher materia (e.g. a III ovemelded is more likely to fail than a II). So when you get down toward the end, ideally, you'd only want to meld exactly the right materia to reach cap. Which means a lot of guides suggest IIs and Is for the final slots, which are the most likely to break. So for DoH and DoL materia, the supply of IIs is lower and the demand is higher.

Not as much a case with battle materia, since a lot of it isn't even going to be melded onto gear anyway.

[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.

[Spawnie]

For BRD, Cobalt Sallet or Raptorskin Pot Helm (Cobalt Sallet is better, but everything else is LTW, so you might find it easier to stick with LTW for everything on the left side), Raptorskin Voyager's Belt, Jacket, Brais, Armguards, Leg Guards on the left side, then Spinel Choker, Bracelet, Earrings and Rings on the right. I use the SB+ potions, but don't bother with any of the gear. It's fast enough for me with just the potion, and I'd rather be able to convert every slot (except weapon).

all those gears u mentioned SB outside dungeons right?? atm im all dungeoned out after farming myth that way XD

when not farmin fates + SBIng been working on my leather worker converting n sbing his gear cause noticed the price for level 2 crafting materia is alot more then higher XD so nice funds for going towards my novus and 3 of my retainers always give me a level 2 materia a day everytime so it helps :3

[Bixby]

all those gears u mentioned SB outside dungeons right?? atm im all dungeoned out after farming myth that way XD

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

[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