Quote Originally Posted by Lastelli View Post
No need to rush. 3 star recipes are coming in patch 3.2, by that time I'm sure SE will give us a way to easily obtain tier IV materia. The real problem is tier V materia.
For the most part, I think Tier V is going to be used for the next set of gear. If it turns out that tier iv will be easily obtained, you can just use those for penta-melds.

I highly doubt that you would need to fully cap your i170 gear to meet the 3* requirements.