Thread: 3.3 and gear question

I'm finally in the position to make my gear and tools, which I have been doing. I've got nearly all the offhands done, half the mainhands, and my LW is almost complete. Then I hear about 3.3 coming soon and I have to ask:

Should I hold on overmelding my gear atm? I'd hate to waste the gil to overmeld everything and have it all be replaceable in a couple months. =X

Originally Posted by Alisi

I'm finally in the position to make my gear and tools, which I have been doing. I've got nearly all the offhands done, half the mainhands, and my LW is almost complete. Then I hear about 3.3 coming soon and I have to ask:

Should I hold on overmelding my gear atm? I'd hate to waste the gil to overmeld everything and have it all be replaceable in a couple months. =X

It's pretty much guaranteed you're going to need to overmeld your gear to craft the new stuff. Also, the crafting materia market is only going to get worse the closer we get to 3.3 since everyone is going to try and "catch up" at the last minute. Do it now, imo.

Depends on how they give us the new gear. Most likely, new gear will be crafted, in which case you'll need the melds to be able craft the new stuff. If you know someone else who is geared and willing to craft it for you, I'd hold off.

I'd at least get the materia you need ready (considering a reasonable amount of failure). If you want to be geared up now then do it now. If it doesn't matter then hold off. Whether the new gear is crafted or purchased (or both again) you may need at least some melds, though it's possible you won't need to be completely overmelded. It may be red scrip gear where you turn in tokens plus a (probably new) counterfoil that you can only get by having pretty decent gear/ melds already. Obviously if it's crafted the requirements will be set pretty high as well. Right now it's just a bit tough to say how high.

I believe there was mention of adding in a new way for us to get t4 materia which will hopefully reduce the cost to do your melds. It's a gamble, but I've been selling my t4s now in hopes that I can get them back later for free or at a lower price. It was stated that the method to get our t4 would not be the beast tribe method but would be discussed before 3.3 launches.

Originally Posted by Aniforani

I believe there was mention of adding in a new way for us to get t4 materia which will hopefully reduce the cost to do your melds. It's a gamble, but I've been selling my t4s now in hopes that I can get them back later for free or at a lower price. It was stated that the method to get our t4 would not be the beast tribe method but would be discussed before 3.3 launches.

I don't blame you. CP +4 goes for 200k a piece on my server currently. xD

It's way too costly on ultros as well. Cp +4 is around 180-220k depending, but control +4 is almost always at 300k. I've been spirit bonding my crafting gear while fishing and gathering. It averages out to 500k profit on head/hands/legs/feet plus whatever I'm collecting every 70 minutes. It's not insane profits, but materia sells faster than crafted goods for me, plus I enjoy doing it.

On my server, CP 4s are usually 200k when I look. Control 4s have finally come down to the 300-400k range from being 400-500k since 3.2 dropped.

Originally Posted by Alisi

I'm finally in the position to make my gear and tools, which I have been doing. I've got nearly all the offhands done, half the mainhands, and my LW is almost complete. Then I hear about 3.3 coming soon and I have to ask:

Should I hold on overmelding my gear atm? I'd hate to waste the gil to overmeld everything and have it all be replaceable in a couple months. =X

you can't craft current lvl 3 star without melds already . I think new stuff will be made into lvl 4!! (if not 4 then I hope they have some serious lvl 4 items needed to be crafted.....else why bother upgrading...)

There are examples of things having gone both ways. There were times where you had to meld to produce the top end recipes. Then there were other times when you could already produce top end recipes, and melding only future-proofed your ability to produce top end recipes.