Why No Melds?

[SuperZay]

Materia in this game is overrated. Full V melds barely give 1.5% dps increase for a dps job. It matters for world first groups, but for people casually running expert dungeons or story mode Alexander it's not important (they can, for example, increase their dps by 30% just by doing optimal rotations and they are not doing it either). So why they should care about 1.5% when they don't care about 30%?

[LunarEmerald]

Materia in this game is overrated. Full V melds barely give 1.5% dps increase for a dps job. It matters for world first groups, but for people casually running expert dungeons or story mode Alexander it's not important (they can, for example, increase their dps by 30% just by doing optimal rotations and they are not doing it either). So why they should care about 1.5% when they don't care about 30%?

I'm pretty sure that's a made up statistic. You know every 30 points or so of crit is worth 1 weapon damage. Full melding gives over 120 additional crit. That's 4 points worth of weapon damage. Not melding at all is like using a i230 weapon instead of i250. It's a significant difference.

Also, world first statics manage to bypass gear/dps checks with pentamelded gear in the past, because secondaries you meld are not to be underestimated.

I'd say not melding is more a 6% dps loss rather than 1.5%. You're gimping yourself pretty hard and causing runs to go slower.

[Dualgunner]

To be honest? I keep forgetting. And by the time I remember it's too late. And then I forget again. >.>;;;

[AskaRay]

Do I absolutely need to if I'm not raiding?

No.

[Violyre]

Because people already insult me enough for buying HQ crafted gear, do I really need to be insulted further by having proper melds?

[CUTS3R]

Because people already insult me enough for buying HQ crafted gear, do I really need to be insulted further by having proper melds?

Lolwat ?

[Violyre]

Lolwat ?

I've met a number of people who've accused me of RMT when I buy the expensive HQ gear (like I just spent to buy most of the crafter i250 gear so my freshly 60 WAR was ready to rock. I can almost guarantee at least one person will try to demonize me for it.

Because clearly RMT is the only way to get a lot of gil. If only there were a system where you can put items that others may want to buy that you can set prices with. Oh wait.

[Annah]

Because people already insult me enough for buying HQ crafted gear, do I really need to be insulted further by having proper melds?

in the almost 4 years of playing i have never been insulted for wearing High Quality gear....

...I'm confused. Was this suppose to be sarcasm?

[Violyre]

in the almost 4 years of playing i have never been insulted for wearing High Quality gear....

...I'm confused. Was this suppose to be sarcasm?

Not at all. I've had a number of encounters where I've been accused of RMT. Usually it happens when I'm trying to learn new fights and fail. Just to clarify, I'm talking specifically about the HQ raid tier armor, not just leveling gear.

[TheCurls]

I would add materia to my tome gear if the materia stuck when I upgrade it. Since it doesn't, it's a waste of gil.