Quote Originally Posted by Billythepancake View Post
Expert roulette can sync item level down,and if it does, any material slotted gets ignored. At least, last I heard.
Can confirm it does this if the gear is synced. Big reason why people go into Eureka/BA with crafted 290 gear since it syncs to 300 so that they can squeeze the pentamelded materia slots out of them.