i've been saying base stats were too high imo for a while now. to me there's no way you should be able to stand in front of ifrit, as a tank, wearing a bathing suit and take just a minor amount of more damage. if this is supposed to be their idea of tough content then a person with just undies should get pummeled.

to me the problem is the amount of stats you have whether you wear anything or fully geared out. i do understand there's multiple variables in the equation, but wearing no gear at all should make a major difference. the problem to me is when you have nothing at all on and start off between 3-400. when you are at 500 and have a new piece of gear and see something that adds +3 it looks worthless.

when my mp is sitting at 3600 how much is a +35 materia really going to help me? even if i double slot the highest manathirst i don't even increase my total mp by 2%. with mp costs the way it is now that's not even one low level spell.