i170 accessory melding plan

[Hermaeus_mora1]

Guys, I'd like to know your thoughts on pentamelding the 2 star shared gear. Aside from the really rich or lucky to have competence V and the possibility to cap it all, ate you going for IV pentamelding or waiting for the patch? I've fought about only putting cunning III and II to get that cp as a temporary meld. What are your approaches to it?

[Empty-handed]

I'm waiting. Not gonna bother penta meld now.

[Sollux]

My policy is if I'm going to meld something I'll meld the best I possibly can to avoid wasted gil by re-melding gear. That being said, an extra 3 Craftsmanship is not worth the cost of a Tier V materia at the moment so I opted for Tier IV overmelds.

Also, keep in mind that if Crafting becomes popular again Crafting materia will shoot through the roof.

[MN_14]

In general, I think it's best to wait until we know what the requirements for 3* crafts will be. However, I believe that the rings can be fully capped with grade 3 and grade 4 materia, so you can meld those if you like.

I ended up melding three of my accessories in order to reach 455 CP with food (mostly grade 3 overmelds since I ended up losing most of my grade 4 materia to overmeld failure), but that's not necessarily required and can even be achieved using older gear with max CP melds.

[Mature]

I got all accessories but I'm NOT touching them until patch day to see how materia goes. You will need to meld 170 with materia IV or it would not be worth it.

[Hermaeus_mora1]

I got all accessories but I'm NOT touching them until patch day to see how materia goes. You will need to meld 170 with materia IV or it would not be worth it.

As it was mentioned, you can meld the rings. The problem lies on the rest and the fact competence V is ridiculously priced. My intended melding plan was competence V, 2 control IVs and 2 cunning IVs, but competence is still an issue.

[Caimie_Tsukino]

I couldn't wait! I pentamelded my rings and maxed them. I also pentamelded my wrist although it couldn't be maxed. I only "quadramelded" my choker and earrings, leaving 1 meld out so i can later push craft or control. All CP is maxed. CP is just too good.

[Mature]

I managed to do the rings but can't max the rest like earings bracelet necklace cause you gonna be short of something. They must bring a way to get materia V easier or make materia iv more accessible

[Sollux]

I managed to do the rings but can't max the rest like earings bracelet necklace cause you gonna be short of something. They must bring a way to get materia V easier or make materia iv more accessible

If only Materia IV are used then you only lose 3 Craftsmanship each on 4 Accessories. It is EXTREMELY unlikely that there will be a rotation that hinges on that +12 Craftsmanship, especially considering the most popular rotations at the moment rely on Piece by Piece and Maker's Mark + Flawless Synthesis, both of which do not scale whatsoever to Craftsmanship and merely become stronger the more Progress a Craft requires.

Materia IV can be brought back by airships, and assuming 2-Stars materials will be more accessible through gathering in the Diadem we should have a viable route to Materia V as well, though I highly doubt there will be a decent number on the market for at least a month after 3.1 drops.

[MN_14]

I don't expect grade v melds to be a realistic option for i170 melding as it's highly possible that i170 conversions will be required to obtain them once they're made available through spirit bonding.

The reason why I'm waiting on my melds is because of budget issues. For my i150 melds, I needed around 100 of each type of grade iii crafting materia. However, so far, I haven't even obtained enough grade 4 materia to penta-meld a single set of gear (been using both airships and spirit bonding to obtain). On my server, each piece of grade 4 crafting materia has averaged around 150k each and I still wouldn't have enough even if I bought out the market board.

If the requirements for 3* are low enough, it's possible that you won't need full grade 4 penta-melds and can get away with a number of grade iii overmelds instead (the 4th and 5th slots in particular).