Quote Originally Posted by Jinko View Post
The new gear didn't blast it away though materia did, green and blue items can't compete with 2 and 3 times materia pieces.

It's the biggest problem in the game for me at the moment, I don't want to play a game where the best gear is craftable.
However they have stated that the game is balanced around one materia in any given piece. Nothing of the same level will ever stand up to something with 2-5 materia in it because the game isn't designed that way.