MATERIA for RARE/EX GEAR

[SAMINUS]

If Rare/EX gear is less in stats compared to crafted gear, why make it so hard to get? seems pointless with all the hard work in getting gear that is supposed to be special though it is actually less special than gear you can just buy. This is just stupid.

[tymora]

There's 3 Tier II materia (which is NOT hard to do at all)

I'll like to see you try.

Tier II x 2 = 32 to 38.5% (Probabilities known)
3rd Tier II = ~16 to 27.5% (27.5% is the confirmed upper bound but 16% is an estimation)

Chance of a 3 x Tier II = 5% to 10%
Have fun with your 1 in 20.

Max Grade Tier 4 is 10% for 2nd. 3rd appears to be fixed such that it doesn't go below ~9.5 or 9.4% in chances ever. (Grade 14 is 9.8%)
Chance of 3 x Tier IV = 1%.
Have fun with your 1 in 100.

A full 5 materia Grade 16 gear should therefore be about 1 in 10000 if the minimum cap hypothesis is correct.

[Zanfire]

well im glad someone said it, it makes my point of why this games endgame content feel like almost nothing more prevalent. Most stuff out, there is little reason to get a group of people to spend time running a raid or doing ifrit over and over because you can get s slotted piece thats better then it WAY easier, making the endgame content that much less appealing, making it feel like we have less to do.

It should always be the stuff you have to work your butt of for in difficult fights with low drop rates SHOULD be the best gear, with materia gear being just below it. Of course there is plenty of things that needs some balancing in the game, and i can bet most of what will be added system-wise will cause plenty of problems. It confuses me why people are so willing to pay full price to deal with all of these issues.

[Aenarion]

there is little reason to get a group of people to spend time running a raid or doing ifrit over and over because you can get s slotted piece thats better then it WAY easier

so what is this legendary slotted piece of gear that's way easier to get than Ifrit's weapon that's also better? obviously the rest of us are doing it wrong.