I was expecting better to be honest, at the very least ilv 190. I agree, they will be the primary source of Type V Materia, I wonder if they will adjust Materia conversion of ilv 170 Crafting Gear? I assume the next set of crafting gear will require Type V melds to max them out.

On an unrelated note, I wish they would list Materia stats on gear a bit different, like green text to signify that the attribute is MAXED on the gear. Sometimes when players see Red text, they think the melder messed up...