Materia and pre patch items

[BM64]

Ok if I got this correct according to Yoshi this morning: PrePatch items (crab bow +3) cannot have materia applied to them? So you would have to get a post patch bow and apply materia, so those whom spent a lot of gil for items are screwed and crafters will continue to control the economy. Glad I didnt buy + gear in preparation for patch!

[Medura]

Prepatch gear = thos called danted now, (new recipes)

[grandm]

i just bought new gear for my player, boo me, ah well, i needed it and sure it will take a little while for the good materia gear to filter through, more upset at the fact all the gear i have is about to be devalued

[Oscillate_Wildly]

Fun times, eh? I can see how it'd be upsetting but there's no point on blaming the crafters. The game has more crafting classes than DoW/M classes. Of course they're going to control a partial amount of the economy. Did you expect with so many you'd be able to control it yourself just by finding things?
What's the point, a lot of new gear is rare/ex. You wouldn't be able to sell it anyway.

Besides we just found this out today I believe? Or earlier this week?
I can't think of any reason for why this would be in the first place. Except that the new items might have new stats or ID number that makes it possible to attach materia while old items don't have this?

:S

[Griss]

Now what i'm wondering is if we will be able to turn our dated gear into materia.

[Zarvlad]

I can't think of any reason for why this would be in the first place. Except that the new items might have new stats or ID number that makes it possible to attach materia while old items don't have this?
:S

This would be the most plausible situation, that would also assume the costs for changing the whole items database was too high/risky, and they wanted to play it safe.

For the 50ies it's not that much of a big deal, but for the lower ranked people, I feel for them.

[TheVedis]

Now what i'm wondering is if we will be able to turn our dated gear into materia.

yes we will, it was confirmed

[Holland]

Now what i'm wondering is if we will be able to turn our dated gear into materia.

Yes, we are able to. At work right now, so can't look up the Dev response for it.

[Oscillate_Wildly]

This would be the most plausible situation, that would also assume the costs for changing the whole items database was too high/risky, and they wanted to play it safe.

For the 50ies it's not that much of a big deal, but for the lower ranked people, I feel for them.

Ahahaha say that to the OP. Crab Bow +3 will probably still be relevant and powerful for a while. I don't expect the first wave of superior gear to come out seconds after the patch goes live. And if anything it'll be a relic later on so keep those suckers and don't toss them yet!

[syntaxlies]

Ahahaha say that to the OP. Crab Bow +3 will probably still be relevant and powerful for a while. I don't expect the first wave of superior gear to come out seconds after the patch goes live. And if anything it'll be a relic later on so keep those suckers and don't toss them yet!

was it confirmed that HQ items would be equal to +3 prepatch.