Quote Originally Posted by wereotter View Post
That's still not very large on the individual level. If you're looking at over the course of an about 10-15 minute fight that between all 8 players you were 5-7% behind where you needed to be, that's still a minimal increase. And this person even stated that savage raiding is not something they're interested in doing. If you're doing the hardest content out there then every benefit you can get is something you want, which is also why you would use food for stat boosts when raiding but it's overkill when just doing expert roulette.
Tier 8 Materias are so cheap and easy to obtain I don't even understand why would you refuse to meld. Discord Hunts exist calling every Data Centre a train run, congrats you got all the materias you want in less than a day. It's common courtesy to do your best on your job you play than gimping the team further because "too lazy". Melded crit vs Non Melded crit DPS the damage difference is huge.