Thread: Materia Changes in 3.2:

Originally Posted by RainDurell

*Cough* Diadem *Cough*

Diadem is old gear, which is probably getting replaced by all the new gear. Not an issue or relevant to this topic.

Originally Posted by Colorful

Honestly if they don't make a way for materia to be easily attainable in 3.2 (20k each I guess?), I'm not going to be using it on my armour. As much as I want to output maximum DPS (even though the "hardest" content I do is EX primals), I'm not willing to spend 1 million+ per piece, it takes me a month just to make a million casually. There's no chance I'd be able to save that much and leave gil for other expenses unless I grind The Diadem, which I'm definitely not interested in. On the plus side, overmelding isn't allowed.

I'm just worried this game will turn into.

1. To raid you need to buy from Gil Sellers or be rich or lucky.
2. To do anything you need a certain gear type which makes it harder to get new people into raiding.

Originally Posted by Nektulos-Tuor

Diadem is old gear, which is probably getting replaced by all the new gear. Not an issue or relevant to this topic.

Uh, I think you're missing his point, because it's extremely relevant to this topic.

You can trade in Diadem spoils for tier V materia.

Originally Posted by Nektulos-Tuor

Diadem is old gear, which is probably getting replaced by all the new gear. Not an issue or relevant to this topic.

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Originally Posted by Nektulos-Tuor

Diadem is old gear, which is probably getting replaced by all the new gear. Not an issue or relevant to this topic.



I'm just worried this game will turn into.

1. To raid you need to buy from Gil Sellers or be rich or lucky.
2. To do anything you need a certain gear type which makes it harder to get new people into raiding.

I don't think you understand how diadem works. Why don't you try playing the game before complaining about how hard it is to get materia when in reality, the addition of airships (and diadem) makes materia (figuratively) fall from the sky.

Originally Posted by Nektulos-Tuor

I'm just worried this game will turn into.

1. To raid you need to buy from Gil Sellers or be rich or lucky.
2. To do anything you need a certain gear type which makes it harder to get new people into raiding.

1. As a person who got all Savage Aim/Might IV for their Relic, why they hell would it turn people to do any of those things? Heck until HW that was the norm. There would be spiritbind parties like there were back then. If you resort to gil buying you should have your account ban hammered so hard.

2. That's how most MMOs work? Gear is a relevant feature of the progression.

Originally Posted by Magis

1. As a person who got all Savage Aim/Might IV for their Relic, why they hell would it turn people to do any of those things? Heck until HW that was the norm. There would be spiritbind parties like there were back then. If you resort to gil buying you should have your account ban hammered so hard.

2. That's how most MMOs work? Gear is a relevant feature of the progression.

1) Yep. Spiritbond parties will be a big thing once people find the most effective way to do it.

2) Not even that, only the top-tier groups will be big on perfect stats and all. Mid and low tier groups won't care much, because those tiny stats from melds won't matter at all (no matter what they think. If you don't have the skill and knowledge to use your gear properly, you could be i210 and still do less damage than someone in lv50 gear). Unless you're looking for a top-tier group, anyone who cares a ton about tiny bits of stats is probably not a group you want to be in anyway. Plenty of groups out there that don't care, especially if they're newer as well