Why No Melds?

[Violyre]

Just use IVs people! They're super cheap and can even get em for free from the ARR beast tribes. All that nonsense about "wasting gil" is just laziness and being bad.

Wouldn't just using IVs make you look pathetic to endgamers because they won't be "good enough with those terribad melds?" Then you call them lazy for not having any Vs. Your overall logic cancels your suggestion out.

[hobostew]

Wouldn't just using IVs make you look pathetic to endgamers because they won't be "good enough with those terribad melds?" Then you call them lazy for not having any Vs. Your overall logic cancels your suggestion out.

Where did I call anyone lazy for not having Vs? I called you all lazy for not putting ANY materia at all in there. You're missing stats that you could have for a few minutes of your time worth of dailies. You are making assumptions in order to justify not wanting to put ANY effort at all.

[Mandudez]

Wouldn't just using IVs make you look pathetic to endgamers because they won't be "good enough with those terribad melds?" Then you call them lazy for not having any Vs. Your overall logic cancels your suggestion out.

The excuses from the non-melders in this thread just keep coming.

[LaylaTsarra]

Personally I love melded gear cause it's easy to get rich selling Carbon IV's and V's.

[mp-please]

Wouldn't just using IVs make you look pathetic to endgamers because they won't be "good enough with those terribad melds?" Then you call them lazy for not having any Vs. Your overall logic cancels your suggestion out.

You're supposed to meld IVs on pieces you plan to upgrade and you can see lots of players do this as IVs spiked in price with 3.4. IVs are also understandable on upgraded gear if you aren't raiding as materia really doesn't add much to the game other than accuracy on healers.
Beast tribes give out materia IVs in large quantities so you have access to them easily even as a DOW/DOM only player.
PotD gives out materia IV from hoards and a guaranteed combat V for clearing 50F.

[Jandor]

As ilvl raises are probably pretty much over now till the expansion I'll eventually stick some materia in my gear.

Wasn't much point before.

[Horobi]

I meld my blm main, just for the epeen.
Slaped some STR into my drk's jewelries, because logical.
My healer who was in i220 for the past 6 months? Why would i bother? Weak gears with meld is still weak.

Frankly, I'd be more interested in melding my combat jobs if materias weren't ignored 90% of the game. That's the biggest problem really.

[alimdia]

For anyone that says they don't have gil: meld IVs or IIIs.

For anyone that says they will replace the gear tomorrow? meld Is or IIs.

From my experience people I see without melds in DF are usually rarely above average.

[TheCurls]

From my experience people I see without melds in DF are usually rarely above average.

Painting with a really broad brush there.

[SaitoHajime]

I only put Vs in the upgraded/savage gear. Everything that's not those are getting IVs.