Frankly I never seen a need for melding until end level especially with gear that was literally getting replaced each level proper cooldowns and the knowledge to stay out of the bad as well as your jobs rotation were more than enough. I also dont see why on any server anyone should spend close to a half million each level for materia to load up 12 peices of gear 9 times in a row. So yeah I'll be part of the problem but I'll be the part of the problem that handles my job every time.