Job-Specific (Artifact) Gear

[Kiara]

I feel like the Materia system is something that should have been added more in the later years of this game. If you have the right jobs you can gather materials really simply, and just pay or get your own materia. Ultimately boiling down to luck, but... I don't know.

You're right. If someone wins at a slot machine he deserves to outclass you in the gear you and your friends adventured to get. It's a very realistic system in that no matter how hard you work you'll never be as well off as someone who just gets lucky and is born into money or whatever.

Agreed.

While the debate will probably never end between Crafters and Adventurers regarding Raid Gear > or < Materia Crafted Gear, it would be pitifully sad if the "balance" for the new, beautiful Signature, Distinct "Final Fantasy Job Specific Equipment" was about equal to only something inbetween a Single-to-Double Materia Meld.

I'd like Full Set Bonuses also, and/or some Unique Bonuses that don't exist normally through Materia, but *only* if Square doesn't use that as excuse to give us Base Stats on the new Job Specific Equipment to be equivalent or lower than a Single or 1.5 Materia Meld.

To: Yoshida-san,

You want to promote a more "Final Fantasy feeling," and you're making Quests dedicated to unlocking these JSE items. You're promoting them now and the players are getting excited.

Please *don't* screw this up and undermine your hard work by giving Job Specific Equipment average / mediocre stats, or something that can get outclassed by just adding 1 or 2 Materia to Crafted Gear.