Quote Originally Posted by Jandor View Post
Well, I mean the split would be: 3/3/3/3/3. Tank, Healer and then heavy armor, medium armor and light armor DPS.
Assuming the leaks and hints are right, it'll most likely go to 4/4/3/3/3 in 5.0.

The only issue really IMHO is materia is currently linked to gear rather than job, but that could be solved by having materia melds be job specific.
I'd like something materia altering even if nothing else changes to be honest, sharing melds across a role is already a bit awkward in some cases.
I think such an overhaul of Materia is incredibly unlikely. It's intrinsically tied to various quests and functions.
Crafter classes are linked to melding materia to equipment, countless quests require it, and its integral to the concept if Materia itself.
They'd be more likely to introduce sonething entire different like Magicite.