Quote Originally Posted by gamesmart View Post
What? The materia pool has never changed. You always had a chance to get elemental materia regardless of what combat gear you converted.
He misunderstood that point, I think. But there was a point where if you spiritbonded an i90 piece, you would get a IV materia for sure. But you weren't guarranteed a good one. It could've been elemental, skill speed, etc.

In general though, the materia part of the Novus - don't sweat. You don't NEED IV materia. III will be just fine and if you get money later you are always able to change the stats are your gear no matter what stage.

Novus was the relaxing stage for me. I could get 1-2 alex/day very casually or I could grind a bunch if I wanted. Now I guess with the expansion on the horizon people who want to catch up may see it as grind just to move on to the next stage. But I will always hate Animus more. Waiting for FATEs...ugh.