Quote Originally Posted by Ossom View Post
I think spending 5 Weeks to get a tool and a body piece that is already not the BiS is gonna hurt you in the long run, because what happens in 6 Months when you don't have the craft and control to do the 3 star? You can't meld anything to raise the caps so you are gonna need to start over from square one.

In the 3.0 Chimerical set you can already meet the crafting caps to craft the new 2 Star gear so there is no reason to spend red scrips on getting a Non Bis Tool and a Non Bis Body piece.
I showed you an alternative to the insane amounts of materia that you will blow up in the process otherwise.
Also, to make the ilvl170 mainhand and body 'significantly' better than the 180 ones, you have to put in a lot of materia (not just IV, also V), again many will blow up. Do this 16 times. Not worth it in my opinion.