Quote Originally Posted by RiceisNice View Post
Even with the materia change, that's not reinventing the wheel, just utilizing the damn wheel they invented back in 2.x. It'd still just be numerical gains and doesn't change how your job plays.

Having non-numerical bonues on all equips (not exclusive to weapons) would do a lot more to make a job feel empowered with each upgrade or gear milestone, compared to what we have now
We don't know how exactly their changing materia and neither do we know if it'll just be numeral stats. The materia actually has full opportunities to change the way we build armor sets.