Hi Viritess,

A good proposition.

I agree that the market is flooded with too many Low Level Materia (and even too many Tier IIIs and some IVs).

It would certainly invigorate the Alchemist / Potions Economy (making them more desirable, especially with adding Materia to augment them), and get rid of lower level Materia (which, if people see them selling, would incentivize people to try and Materia more gear, which means buying / making more Gear to Materia-ize, buying more Materials from Crafters, etc.).

Another option some have brought up is allowing a way to combine / "synthesize" Lower Tier Materia for a *chance* at Higher Tier Materia (sort of like a Horadric's Cube).

Say someone tries to synthesize 4 x Tier I STR Materias for a chance at generating a higher level Materia (Tier II, III or IV), etc. That might be another way to move Materia through the economy.