I'm REALLY struggling to hit 3* stats, even with food, i'm looking at having to over meld with control 4 materia, which on Odin is 400k - 500k a pop and for a low chance RNG, I'm not wasting that amount of Gil (I'm not made of money).

So what are we left with for ways to get hold of crafting materia that's not going to break the bank or take a month to get hold of?