Incorrect Grade VII Materia Stats

[Kurando]

Noticed that the Grade VII materia potentially has the incorrect effect, so currently it seems a waste to spend Cracked Planiclusters on them.

Savage Aim Materia VII (+20)
Savage Aim Materia VIII (+60)

However;
Savage Aim Materia VI (+40)

It's the same with the other materias as well if you check the trading vendors. If anyone else confirm this that would be handy for devs.

[Donjo]

Materia V - +12 Stat, can be overmelded past the first overmeld slot.
Materia VI - +40 Stat, cannot be overmelded past the first overmeld slot.

Materia VII - +20 Stat, can be overmelded past the first overmeld slot.
Materia VIII - +60 Stat, cannot be overmelded past the first overmeld slot.

Hopefully this illustrates that VII replaces V and VIII replaces VI.

[Lumis_Arvalo]

Materia V - +12 Stat, can be overmelded past the first overmeld slot.
Materia VI - +40 Stat, cannot be overmelded past the first overmeld slot.

Materia VII - +20 Stat, can be overmelded past the first overmeld slot.
Materia VIII - +60 Stat, cannot be overmelded past the first overmeld slot.

Hopefully this illustrates that VII replaces V and VIII replaces VI.

This is correct. Yes, it looks weird because of the stat differential, but that seems to be the intentional design of it. VIII goes into the guaranteed and first overmeld slot, VII goes into the remaining overmeld slots because VI cannot.

[Clicked]

Yeah it's for overmelding and to combat stat inflation.

But it's still odd to look at for the casual player that would reasonably assume that higher tier materia is better.

[Orbus]

So that's why the roulette's are so quick to hand out two grade 7's.
This also means that grade 7 is only for overmelding and useless outside of that.

Early mutamix users are not going to be too happy.

[Hash_Browns]

That's actually kinda interesting.
I didn't think of the material specifically being for overmelding & also thought it was an error.

[Barraind]

Early mutamix users are not going to be too happy.

Cant go 6 -> 8, so gotta get there some way or another.

You have to save 1 or maybe 2 gearsets worth of 6's and thats it, theyre useless by the time you get to 80 anyway.