Let's talk about materia

[VenusGospello]

I'm sure this isn't the first time anyone has mentioned this...

I think this can be discussed for any gear type, but since the focus seems to be on weapons, let's discuss that.

Personally, I'd like to see materia drops that correlate to end game weapons, depending on the route taken to get these weapons.

For example, to tailor to end-game 'hardcore' raiders, first clear should be a guaranteed weapon drop for the clearing class (let's be honest, if the raid is that difficult, players are investing serious time to beat it). The weapon has two materia slots, or more depending on the level of difficulty. Your materia drops, however, maintain the same degree of RNG/difficulty to obtain, are unsellable, and change the way weapons are viewed.

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