Quote Originally Posted by Orophin View Post
What they need to address is how HQ armor doesn't affect the stats of the gear besides defense. At least give the bonus stats another point or so. If you see what people list HQ ingredients for in the market wards, it makes no sense to buy them just to try to make something with higher defense and to give a slightly better chance at attaching more materia.
that is changing in 1.20 AND automatic HQ is being introduced if you have all hq+3 mats. Which will make getting U/U gear even more pointless if there is no bonus