Square Enix, please think about both Casual AND Hardcore crafters..

[Liam_Harper]

But in any case, I'm still hoping overmelding is less of a RNG crapshoot if it's going to be mandatory.

I mean, that's fair. If for example they made materia much, much harder to get and guaranteed meld, or added a system where you could combine 20 materia into a special guaranteed overmeld materia I'd be fine with it.

We are talking easily crafting HQ, not the ability to craft HQ full stop though. They said they just want putting effort into your gear to mean something, not be mandatory. With the 75% quality increase from HQ mats any casual crafter can make endgame. They just need to take a different avenue of effort, acquiring and making all HQ materials. I'm not sure why people are panicking.