Please help clarify if this is correct or not

[Enlial]

Materia doesnt work when ilevel sync is in effect, ever. It doesnt matter if, for example, you wear all ilvl 150 (or below) gear, you're still considered to be "synced". Same with wolves den, even if you're level 50, and wearing all ilvl 80 or below gear, you're still "synced" and materia gets disabled.

Yeah its crazy, and idk why pvp gear has sockets that never work, or why pvp materia is still in the game. Both are 100% pointless. (ok with the exception of desynth/spiritbonding xD very clever whoever pointed that out)

[Culfinrandir]

One question the OP asked that hasn't been clearly answered yet is - do standard materia (ie Heaven's Eye) work in the normal world if melded to PVP gear?

It seems that he melded a materia that many of us use every day onto PVP gear but it had zero effect on his stats *anywhere*, even if standing doing nothing in Idyllshire. Or at least that's how I interpreted his statement.

[Enlial]

All pvp gear states, "materia active during pvp only", so no, it'll never be active during PVE.

The thing is, in the df listings for all pvp duties it also states, "During PvP, materia bonuses are ignored"

What often happens is people assume that the statement on pvp gear overrides the duty finder statement, because it'd be pretty absurd for the game to tell us "materia in this gear doesnt work outside pvp, except materia doesnt work in pvp either". So you'll sometimes hear people say that "only materia socketed to pvp gear works in pvp" or "only pvp materia in pvp gear works in pvp", but neither of these is the case. PvP gear having materia sockets, and the wording surrounding them, is easily the most absurd thing in the game imo.

[Bloodb]

All pvp gear states, "materia active during pvp only", so no, it'll never be active during PVE.

The thing is, in the df listings for all pvp duties it also states, "During PvP, materia bonuses are ignored"

What often happens is people assume that the statement on pvp gear overrides the duty finder statement, because it'd be pretty absurd for the game to tell us "materia in this gear doesnt work outside pvp, except materia doesnt work in pvp either". So you'll sometimes hear people say that "only materia socketed to pvp gear works in pvp" or "only pvp materia in pvp gear works in pvp", but neither of these is the case. PvP gear having materia sockets, and the wording surrounding them, is easily the most absurd thing in the game imo.

Well put, this whole concept boggles my mind >__<

[Culfinrandir]

All pvp gear states, "materia active during pvp only", so no, it'll never be active during PVE.

The thing is, in the df listings for all pvp duties it also states, "During PvP, materia bonuses are ignored"

Wow, that's an utter cluster of a mess! So basically there's no reason to meld anything PVP related at all as it will never work! GG, SE.