Quote Originally Posted by Amsai View Post
I think youre missing what I am concerned about. I know r/ex gear has nothing to do with materia craft. The point is that its equivalent is gear crafted with 1 materia. After that 2-5 materia slotted to gear will always and forever be better than NM/dungeon dropped gear. If you are suggesting that I am gettinh the wrong idea, I beg you to prove me wrong. I want to be wrong, but I can only read the dev post one way.
I'm assuming you were referring to this quote from Yoshida:

Upcoming battle content will be balanced based on regular materia craft. The forbidden materia craft will not be involved in balance considerations, so there is no need to worry. By using the forbidden materia craft, it may result in the emergence of incredibly strong players, but we think that this is well deserved considering the level of risks involved.
The bold part was the reason for my reply.

As far as crafted gear outclassing r/ex gear, trust me, we are both in the same boat. This is currently being discussed here: