Quote Originally Posted by Money View Post
figured everyone would understend SB and wouldnt have to put "Convert to Materia" since its the same thing >.>... but yes they do convert to the new materia. I never saved any extra ifrit/mog weapons because at the time u were not able to SB them but now im gettin dupe garuda drops and i cant convert them ><
its not the same thing, I have 100%spirit bond on a lot of my gear that is not converted. Even in the info it will say convertible or not convertible.

Spirit bond is what you need to do before you convert the gear.