
Originally Posted by
-BlueGreen-
I thought that when I had heard that grade VI DoH/DoL would be purchasable, it meant that there'd be an increase in supply to cut down on prices and such. At this price, it seems like it might as well not have even been patched in.
After all, many end game crafts need materials bought with yellow scripts, so there's already something draining us of yellow scripts. Additionally, from my experience in spirit bonding, crafting a full set of i290 crafting gear involves enough crafting such that you basically spirit bond an i290 set fully melded (normal melds, not overmelds).
If I'm not mistaken, just continually cranking out i290 crafting sets to spirit bond by making more i290 crafting sets would get you grade VI materia more quickly than turning those same crafts in for yellow scripts in and purchasing a single grade VI materia.
It looks like it takes about 14 Serge Ponchos at 112 yellow scripts each to earn 1500 yellow scripts. For all the materials that would cost, you'd get just one grade VI materia of choice.
On the other hand, you could craft a full set of armor + accessories, 11 total crafts, and basically spirit bond (I think it gets about 80% iirc) the previous iteration of that set. Craft a pile of zelkova lumbers or twinsilk to finish it off and you'd get 11 materia of at least grade V with a decent chance at a grade VI or two.
If I'm going to grind for yellow scripts, I might as well spirit bond gear, and if I'm doing that to supply myself with materia, I'll probably spend the yellow scripts buying mats or gear to desynth into mats.