OMG.. I meant 320, not 230. /facedesk. Yeah, trying to do raids in 230s would be awfully trollish wouldn't it.

So I can't really use the stats on weapon/armor as a guide like I've been doing? For example, let's say my piece of crafted gear has strength, vitality, direct hit and determination. The materia melding shows I can add a bunch of crit since that's not even shown, so I could add a couple of materia VI's to have like 80 crit on top of the other stats - or would it be better to get a piece that has crit by default and THEN add crit materia to that if I could?