Colored gear with specific classes.

[Estellios]

Yes.
It's like materia x2, except one is mandatory and not fun sounding. D:

But now an issue arises of whether we get overpowered crafting gear with all the stats or probably-weak gear with all the possible stats but lower. Some recipes have up to 3-4 upgrade options and that would be a lot of items per color to add.

[Oscillate_Wildly]

But now an issue arises of whether we get overpowered crafting gear with all the stats or probably-weak gear with all the possible stats but lower. Some recipes have up to 3-4 upgrade options and that would be a lot of items per color to add.

I'm confused by the difference! Dyed gear almost always has at least 1 +something extra than undyed. Materia'd gear though I have no idea as I haven't been back in the saddle long enough to even do the starting quest.

At the very least, most new gear has just 1 slot for materia it seems to prevent over powered pieces. But the fact we even have materia makes the dyes = +some stats very redundant and restrictive in a sense. I'd like proof however that someone said that different dyes have different stats. If that were true I'd probably bust a few blood vessels trying to comprehend how that all-hands meeting went down.

[Nuru]

Yeah, I am hoping this threads grabs some attention because if the game continues on this route, it isn't going to be pretty, or fun. >.>

[Estellios]

No need for dramatics, since it's really the only poor thing about the patch imo