well the 170s are meldable.
also as usual woe is my connection because I got shafted out of the FCIIIs.... oh well

anyway, I was right earlier about needing uber gear to get the NEW uber gear.
The minimum requirements to even make the new body pieces are 718/695. Considering I'm full melded with an exception to only 2 melds on the main/offhand each, I only have 732/696 stats in comparison.