Materia system should be streamlined and based on FFVII.

[DardGhalawad]

Don't remember any RNG involved with the materia system in ffvii. Best gear in the game should be obtained through skill not luck.

Actually its both!
But in FFVII there wasn't any RNG involved with the materia system. Actually u could buy the normal ones, but the rare ones where only obtainable through quests, side-quests or hidden places and where unique.

But since we can make materia through the convertion of gear/weapons, wouldn't be better to make the rare type materias come through the convertion of a certain gear/weapon with certain materias attached to it? If SE wanna correct their mistake with the melding system and put additional slots on both gear and weapons. That would be considered having skill and some "luck (based on attempt and error)".