Quote Originally Posted by Jeeqbit View Post
Beside buying the items with Allied Seals, you can get 5 per map from Mysterious Maps with poetics. Either way it's fast.
It's not the Alexandrite that's bad for the materia step, it's the actual materia. Grade 1-3 materia can't be bought from any vendors, which naturally means they're somewhat inflated on the MB, and it's an absolute chore to spiritbond them yourself.