Yes can now get gear fix while it is on!!!!!!

[Junpei]

melding doesnt need it at all really(you can function in the game without melded gear, you cant with broken gear)

the biggest part of this isnt that you are wearing the gear

its the fact that its now a reward+repair material system!

I disagree, the game is balanced under the assumption you have 1 materia in each piece of gear. But we have to give our gear to another player if we do not have the craft levelled up. Pretty risky if you dont know them :O