Just accessories & level 7 materia in the 80 dungeons?!?

[Nighthawky2010]

Is it just me or is the 80 dungeons only giving accessories & level 7 materia?

I have been thru all 3 80 dungeons numerous times & it seem like either its accessories, which I am getting my fill of OR level 7 materia, which I dont use...i just sell it! I think i got one level 8 materia when doing the dungeons. They definitely need to balance that out.

[Catwho]

Is it just me or is the 80 dungeons only giving accessories & level 7 materia?

I have been thru all 3 80 dungeons numerous times & it seem like either its accessories, which I am getting my fill of OR level 7 materia, which I dont use...i just sell it! I think i got one level 8 materia when doing the dungeons. They definitely need to balance that out.

These dungeons drop accessories because your AF gear set from completing the job to 80 does not include them.

Later dungeons will likely include new left side gear drops at a higher iLvl, but for now the accessories are meant to tide you over until you can upgrade to tome gear, which is better anyway. (The Heavensward MSQ final dungeon dropped no gear at all!)

[Losara]

The idea is to give players Materia likely for the sake of making some extra gil in dungeons that or using it specifically for improving stats. Since were given i430 gear for free after completing the role quests and the i440 gear is obtainable through Goetia tomestones there isn't a need for left side gear as Catwho mentioned.

Personally I am OK with how its handled at the moment. I don't want additional bloat from the dungeons. Crafting mats might be nice to get in future dungeons but since we have so much gear already no need for more.

Arguably I would say use Tier 6 materia for leveling gear since Tier 7 materia is meant to be used for overmelding since it gives less stats than Tier 6.

[Krojack]

Is it just me or is the 80 dungeons only giving accessories & level 7 materia?

I have been thru all 3 80 dungeons numerous times & it seem like either its accessories, which I am getting my fill of OR level 7 materia, which I dont use...i just sell it! I think i got one level 8 materia when doing the dungeons. They definitely need to balance that out.

Do you want 430 body gear to replace your 430 AF gear or something?

Also I feel the materia is balanced. They threw so much Materia 6 at us in SB that it was worth little to nothing in no time. Also I'm going to guess as more higher level dungeons come out they will drop more M8.

If you want M8 then do Leveling Roulette with whatever class is in need or do ShB A/S rank hunts. I jumped on board an a-rank train today and got about 20 Cracked Stellaclusters.

[Zfz]

I have a feeling that they're preparing for the mass consumption of VII materia due to overmelding to come in the near future. Remember that VI and VIII can only be used for the first overmeld. Beyond that you'll be melding and burning away all your VIIs in no time---or selling them on the market board so other people can burn them.

[Bacent]

I'm pretty sure the final chest always drops one belt at the end of the current lv80 dungeons, and yeah all the chests are only accessories, since they're ilvl 430 AND You get a free weapon and 5 armour pieces when you finish your class stuff. Meaning you can get ilvl 429 from that alone (Since you can't have double rings assuming you have the free accessory lv78 rin, or the lv79 ring from the dungeon) and I've gotten a few VIII's from the dungeons materia wise, not as common as the VII's, but still.

I don't feel like they need to change anything with the current drops from them, since the items from them are just to get you started for what comes after it. Tome gear, EX PRimal gear, and Eden Gear.

The items from the level 80 dungeons are just fine.

[Destati]

I know the final HW MSQ dungeon didn't drop any gear (heck, I don't think it dropped anything at all really), but SB's did which I thought was really nice. It provided me some extra incentive to run it at least since the loot could be something for glamour , GC seal fodder, or merely just to vendor. It's a shame they didn't continue that for ShB, as I would have really loved to see some themed gear for it, but instead we just get accessories, and not even unique ones at that...;
As great as the dungeon is it just kind of lowers the fun level for me a bit.