Orange Materia

[indira]

everything is being setup for 2.0 so it might be useful at launch.

[DeadRiser]

Mobs die too fast to even have it. Except for the NM, bosses, and a select few. Which most can be avoided.

[Viritess]

I think you could see a use if a couple things are added to the overall system

1. Debuffs (enfeebles) have more bang. which would mean...
2. A selection of non WHM classes/jobs recive some way to remove/lessen the effects of those now stronger debuffs
3. The Orange materia resistance is a high enough total that you don't need it on every piece of gear to get any tangible (tangerine?) results.

While WHM has the best, and i would think (Opinion alert) should have the strongest Debuff removal, if debuffs get stronger to the point they make a real impact we're putting another heavy load squarely on our WHM brethern's shoulders. And i think a good way to put some responcibility for the groups well being onto the DD's shoulders.

Not to mention give a good chunck of the DD more to think about then Damage and "get out of the fire"
As a Main Dragoon and a general fan of DD/DPS work i very much enjoy when Devs put some caretaking ability on my shoulders aswell.

(If you like stories....
For the time i played WOW i liked playing a Fire Mage. Before they borked it Blast wave was my Offencive utility spell. put points in it too. Got badmouthed for it a couple times, but when enemies would charge the healers and i would spot up behind them, Blast wave them away with a knockback and stun, giving the tank time to gather them back up, it shut some pie holes. While not exactly the same as removing debuff i picked this route to fulfill a backup role besides my burning fire of death role, and that was to give the healers and the tank, +/- 6 more seconds to get the job done.

Not all DDs enjoy having any role besides damage > target. But i would not mind at all if SE gave us other ways to aid the group towards their goal. This might be a good way to do just that.

[Babydoll]

I would like it if buffs and debuffs played a larger role I really hope it has an impact on pvp. Don't know why it doesn't on bosses

[NefarioCall]

I'm making my orange double melds NOW, while no one is buying and they're all cheap as a bag of pucks.
I suggest you all do the same. >_> After all, they're cheap anyway.
When Garuda was announced, Wind Resistance materia jumped from 10k to 500k almost over night.

I would be surprised if SE doesn't find a use for it in future content, and even then,
as someone else pointed out in this topic, PvP.

Post Edit: I finally doubled melded a pair of Sleep Resistance pants! +21
I've been waiting months for those materia to turn up. ... ... SLEEP RESIST. >_>

[Leo_Hart]

we also build resist like mob so, who cares

[Venat]

What about food cosume Materia?

[Arkine]

In FFXI players found out that if you stacked enough resistance to an element like fire, most fire based attacks will do miniscule damage to you. (We're talking turning a 300+ damage hit to 9~20)

I don't know if resistance stats function the same here, but for the orange stuff... I can't think of any situation where I would ever use them over other materia.

[HoolieWho]

I remember when Aurum Vale was introduced, thinking, "hey, some of that poison resist materia might be handy for running around in those poison rooms." Nope. So... yeah.

[Hyrist]

Right now? Useless pretty much.

In the future? Heh... I'm not even going to speculate. We might get completely blindsided.