View available materia when shots are filled?

[SamSmoot]

I removed a VIII materia today (and lost it) just so I could see how much of what I COULD add. I was thinking if switching it to Crit, but that one was already 186/186..

Is there a way to view the stats at the bottom of the melding interface, even when all the materia slots are filled? This business of hiding melding info when the slots are filled is a major annoyance.

The melding interface should let you:
1. View everything all the time
2. Retrieve materia from any slot, not just the bottom one.
3. Open to the last gear storage opened previously, such as Equipped.

[Rowde]

I also wouldn't mind this being a feature of melding.

[Raldo]

When dealing with HQ items or non-crafted items (dungeon drops, tome gear, you name it), the higher secondary stat is capped, and that number is the cap for all secondary stats.

Have a piece of equipment with 126 d.hit & 180 det? The cap is 180 for all secondaries.
Have a piece of equipment with 390 d.hit & 273 det? The cap is 390 for all secondaries.
Have a piece of equipment with 180 crit & 126 sk.sp? The cap is 180 for all secondaries.

I'm not saying that your suggestion is a bad one or anything, but this should help you out immediately, rather than waiting for some patch to change something.

Edit: Since this is apparently new information for some people, I will add that this rule only applies to gear at lv70+. Prior to 70, the formula for Determination was slightly different from the other stats, so anything from 1~69 that involves Determination will have slightly different numbers (Determination's cap was lower). However if Determination is not involved, then the rule still applies.

Edit2: It has been pointed out to me that this rule does not apply to DoH/DoL gear. I did know that, but I didn't even think about DoH/DoL when I posted this.

[Nora_of_Mira]

When dealing with HQ items or non-crafted items (dungeon drops, tome gear, you name it), the higher secondary stat is capped, and that number is the cap for all secondary stats.

Have a piece of equipment with 126 d.hit & 180 det? The cap is 180 for all secondaries.
Have a piece of equipment with 390 d.hit & 273 det? The cap is 390 for all secondaries.
Have a piece of equipment with 180 crit & 126 sk.sp? The cap is 180 for all secondaries.

I'm not saying that your suggestion is a bad one or anything, but this should help you out immediately, rather than waiting for some patch to change something.

well TIL, tyvm.

[Pepsi_Plunge]

I removed a VIII materia today (and lost it) just so I could see how much of what I COULD add. I was thinking if switching it to Crit, but that one was already 186/186..

I now that's not the answer you are looking for, but you could have simply looked that up on the internet instead of wasting your materia?

[SamSmoot]

Thanks. (I had to look up what's primary / secondary for me.) and examined some unmelded gear. I'l have to do the math myself though :