Quote Originally Posted by TechnoTechie View Post
Also, I don't know if you were around for the i55 gear, but you couldn't max-meld the NQ versions of those either. Perhaps it's just a matter of time and we have to wait for artisan 2.0 (or I guess 3.0?) where we'll have easier meld caps (and hopefully not requiring any tier V overmelds) ?
I'm not sure if we'll be seeing that again unless they change the current direction of crafting. At that time, their solution to the accessibility issue with crafting appeared to make things easier for players to be omni-crafters. Of course, that also meant you absolutely had to have most classes at level 50 to be able to effectively craft the best items in the game. Right now, their answer for casual crafters is i180 red scrip gear.

I think that they might release catch-up gear like the i70 artisan's gear (ie. designed for all 2* crafts, while everyone will want to craft 3* items), but I wouldn't expect multi-class "state of the art gear" with extra materia slots and low meld caps to be released again.