BIS crafting gear

[Fince]

there is no CP cap. there is only however much CP you can get.

[FoxyAreku]

Can anyone confirm if the CP cap has been raised from its previous 472? Each of the new i190 accessories have +3 more cp but if the hard cap is still 472 it may be pointless to upgrade

They are higher item level, so they will of course be able to be melded with more CP.

[AishaNymph]

Can anyone confirm if the CP cap has been raised from its previous 472? Each of the new i190 accessories have +3 more cp but if the hard cap is still 472 it may be pointless to upgrade

430cp without food is the current cap compare to pre3.3 422cp

[Fince]

items have stat meld caps that affect how much control crafts and cp can be attached. however your character's total control crafts and cp stats are not capped. your character will have as much of those stats as you are able to meld and equip. as gear evolves from patch to patch, the maximum possible cp will tend to increase.

in an effort to stop confusing PROBOUND i'll clarify AishaNymph's response.

430cp without food is the most cp possible with 3.3 equipment. before 3.3 the most cp possible without food was 422.

[Fince]

think i'll meld like this.. comes 7 control short and gets all the cp and crafts (except for the body..). requires 6 Competence V and 6 Command V materia with no grade V overmelds.

hands, head		max melded
7 control
4 control
3 control
5 crafts
5 crafts		

legs, feet		max melded
7 control
4 control
4 cp
3 control
2 crafts		

body			short 2 control and a bunch of crafts
11 crafts
11 crafts
4 control
4 control
4 control		

waist			short 2 control
10 crafts
4 control
4 control
4 control
4 cp			

rings			max melded
7 control
4 cp
5 crafts
5 crafts
2 control		

neck, earring, wrist	short 1 control
10 crafts
4 control
4 control
4 cp
4 cp

[AishaNymph]

think i'll meld like this.. comes 7 control short and gets all the cp and crafts (except for the body..). requires 6 Competence V and 6 Command V materia with no grade V overmelds.

hands, head		max melded
7 control
4 control
3 control
5 crafts
5 crafts		

legs, feet		max melded
7 control
4 control
4 cp
3 control
2 crafts		

body			short 2 control and a bunch of crafts
11 crafts
11 crafts
4 control
4 control
4 control		

waist			short 2 control
10 crafts
4 control
4 control
4 control
4 cp			

rings			max melded
7 control
4 cp
5 crafts
5 crafts
2 control		

neck, earring, wrist	short 1 control
10 crafts
4 control
4 control
4 cp
4 cp

Attributes wise, that's exactly what I have done. T5 overmelding is too rich for my blood to attemp, I can live with few points less

[Tussin]

i am new to end gear BiS for slotting materia...

should i just meld the same as OP?

[Roth_Trailfinder]

Meld as you see fit. Some pieces you can "max meld" - meaning that you can bring them to the maximum possible stats for that piece of gear. Other pieces, there simply aren't enough Materia slots to max out, even if you were to overmeld all t5 Materia. And a few others you can max meld only if you overmeld T5 Materia - a rather expensive proposition.

Personally, I'm doing my best to cap out those pieces that it is possible to do so, while leaving the MH, OH, and Body generally alone (will meld some CP onto the MH and OH tools just to reach the max CP). I won't quite succeed - I'm not going to even attempt to overmeld a T5 Materia, it's too expensive - but I'll come reasonably close.

[Tussin]

i don't have the budget for all V's, but i would be fine with doing my first gem slots as V's and go to IV's for the rest of the way.

would following the same pattern as the original poster be fine for the formula though? i don't want to remeld

[FinaSel]

Nice post! May I ask how you were able to acquire so much Glass/Luminous Fiber?

Glass fiber can be easily obtained from Desynthesis of gear bought with Blue Crafter / Gatherer tokens (in Idyllshire). Or Void Ark gear (which also yields Eso mats)
With approximately 100 tokens and 30 counterfoils (or whatever they are called) you can buy and desynthesize enough get to get like 10-20 glass fibers AND Fieldcraft Demimateria II, depending on your luck.

I also made all of my Ironworks / High-Mythrite gear myself using only desynthesis and glass fibers obtained from Mog quests and pentamelded all.
Plus, switching specializations a lot.

But I didn't overmeld with Tier 5 materia because the success rate is far too low to be worth it. In terms of profit / loss, overmelding with V materia is a loss, even if you were to succeed 100% of the time (virtually impossible), simply because that level of Craftsmanship won't be needed to craft any new recipes in the future.