Meld caps

[Aeyis]

http://www.garlandtools.org

Has all the items and all the stats for NQ HQ and Max Melds. Use it.

Also has the Materia V stats, +11 Craft +7 Ctrl +6 CP (which is annoying because some items need +6 control +7 craft and +8 cp (accessories))

but if you really can't meld Mat V to anything under 160... ugh

Yup, lots of Tier IV pentamelding. Unfortunately on my server people havent started spiritbonding yet so prices are 100-200k per tier IV..

[AnimaS]

I am ready to craft whatever they release next and everything now HQ's at 8 stacks from 0 (base materials like adamantite nuggets) good luck on your "AF" speculation when the newer gear is released I can craft it as soon as i have the mats.

[Mature]

Just a tip on saving you some money. Ilvl55 crafter gear (100) you can convert to materia IV. it's a cheaper way with a higher chance to get it. I converted all the left side and I got 4/6 materias IV . I just done another set and I got 5/6 most of them are cp and craft. :-)

[DeorNitengael]

I am ready to craft whatever they release next and everything now HQ's at 8 stacks from 0 (base materials like adamantite nuggets) good luck on your "AF" speculation when the newer gear is released I can craft it as soon as i have the mats.

I can do that too with my not-fully-melded gears and NQ mats, as long as RNG doesn't screw me up and let me miss HT 5 times in a row. Not to mention your ability to "craft whatever is coming next" is also a speculation.

[Alexiell]

btw, where does one spiritbond now? I tried buying the lvl 55 gear from npc but it wont move past 1% when killing mobs or its terribly slow

[Aseity]

Let's just compare previous gearsets to the current situation, our best guess is that the DoH AF gear will come from red scrips, much like the DoW/DoM specific AF sets came from mythology way back in 2.0. It will either follow the paradigm of those sets and the adept set, and not be meldable, in which case you can expect a single piece to be slightly below or equal to a fully melded chimeric felt item (think back to overmelded rose gold and vanya pieces being slightly better or equal to your AF2 gear). The alternative is that they are crafted much like class specific gear was in 2.0, perhaps gated behind a mastercraft 4 book from red scrips, or time gated materials much like sealant was for the forager pieces except once again, bought with red scrips.

In BOTH of these scenarios, you can expect the chimerical overmelded set to last you into a next tier, it would be a complete 180 for square to make the CRFT/CON caps so massive as to require a full set of the new AF gear.

[Alexiell]

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In BOTH of these scenarios, you can expect the chimerical overmelded set to last you into a next tier, it would be a complete 180 for square to make the CRFT/CON caps so massive as to require a full set of the new AF gear.

What if we get 2 new sets? red scrips will give new gear for sure, the whole point of scrips was having an alternative to crafting/melding. But from what ive heared we cannot use tier 5 materia on current crafter/gatherer gear, this makes me believe that there will be a new crafted set coming soon. Then it depends on whether the AF gear is crafted or from scrips.

[Mature]

Quick question before I throw all my money away. Are red script s coming next week along with Alex savage? Cheers!

[AnimaS]

I can do that too with my not-fully-melded gears and NQ mats, as long as RNG doesn't screw me up and let me miss HT 5 times in a row. Not to mention your ability to "craft whatever is coming next" is also a speculation.

really, k whatever is coming next is harder then the new Green coats, which is over 1000 difficulty and i forget how much quality. There is no speculation whatsoever you need HIGH CRAFTSMANSHIP to make these HQ yea, over 700 or it's a RNG STRUGGLE. So sit there and do whatever you want but to anyone looking to make money; The Master Book crafted CRAFTER gear is not there to be replaced you can get 721+ crafts 688 control without touching the main/offhand and i suggest doing it do meet any requirement that comes your way...if anything the replacement will *require* such stats....................

[MN_14]

At the moment, there's no need to meld your gear aside from a few CP melds. All of the crafts released so far are dead easy to HQ, including the level 60 1* recipes. You don't need anywhere close to max stats.

However, if grade IV materia is cheap on your server, I'd stock up on them as they'll likely be useful in the future.