Melding Lvl 70 Crafted Gear

[Thaldor]

I have hit level 70 on my DoL classes and got the ilvl 340 gear. Seeing as we are so close to the next expansion I don’t want to max meld the set so i was wondering what the min stats i should be aiming for. Any suggestions?

Thanks in Advance

[Shadygrove]

Play with this.

https://ffxiv.ariyala.com/

Also in several threads on macros here there are melding stratigies that don't involve max melding. It will take a bit of searching.

[Thaldor]

Thanks... i have done some searching, but will take another look this weekend.

[SamSmoot]

May as well do it now, to help as you level. Materia will probably be insanely expensive in SHB until everyone gets to max level and geared up.

[Roth_Trailfinder]

Actually, I’d suggest buying materia now, but not melding it. Or only melding T4 and below.

Yes, the gear (especially when melded) will last you some time in ShB. But ... its going to be replaced in relatively short order, either by the white 78/79 gear, or by something a level or two earlier. At that point, the only benefit from melds on your gear would be the increased Spiritbonding rate to allow for conversion into materia.

Melding T4 materia would not be a bad thing, as you can safely pull that stuff out. T5 and T6 are not worth melding at this point, only holding onto until we actually see an endgame set come 5.2 or so. I think 5.2ish anyway.

[Windsun33]

I am not expecting any huge upgrades to gear right away, at least not until 75+. I think that the 340 gear will be enough until then. No idea how long until 5.2, days. weeks, months?

[Shadygrove]

I went all the way to 70 with fully melded Ironworks.

I expect the iL340 to last to 80, again fully melded.

[Espritduo]

If ShB follows the same pattern as SB, we will have a general base level 80 set that will be the go-to gear until 5.1 introduces the scrip set with green crafted equivalent. 5.3 will introduce the next, final set for the expansion, with various scrip pieces like accessories and offhands added periodically. They said 5.1 was in October I believe?