Math, Materia, and How to Succeed at Melding

[Madrox]

I'm not sure if this is a simple question or not, but does the gear the crafter wears during melding have any affect on the meld percentages?
Basically, do stats like craftsmanship or control have any impact on the meld chances?

From my understanding there is no stat that affects Melding. The % is based upon the order and tier of the materia, and the number of meld it is.

[Forerunner]

Just tried 9 times to triple meld.

I got 4 successful double melds, and failed on all the triples.

I refer you to "Get lucky, or buy it."

[Alzelia]

I plan to expand this guide to cover spirit bonding, crafting, and how to make millions of gil a day selling materia. The next part I want to have a list of popular double/triple melds for (most) every type of materia. I would love help from the community. Here is a list of every (useful) materia type. Please suggest popular double+ melded gear to add to this list. I will do my best to fill it in, but I am behind on the newest gear

Bloodthirst HP

Manathirst MP

Lifethirst HP/MP

Strength - Cobalt Mit Gauntlets

Vitality

Dexterity

Intellegence - Lightning Brand, Ivory Staff

Mind

Piety

Ironman's Will STR/VIT

Swordsman's Cry STR/DEX

Watchman's Vigil VIT/DEX

Loresman's Wit INT/MND

Wiseman's Vision INT/PIE

Vesteryman's Faith MND/PIE

Fire Materia

Ice Materia

Wind Materia

Earth Materia

Lightning Materia - Mahogany Pattens, Ivory Staff

Water Materia

Heaven's Fist (Attack Power)

Heaven's Eye (Accuracy)

Hell's Fist (Magic Attack Power) - Ivory Staff, Mahagony Pattens

Hell's Eye (Magic Accuracy) - Lightning Brand

Savage Aim (crit rate)

Savage Might (crit attack power)

Sagacious Might (magic crit attack) - Astrolabe (2 x IV), Boarskin Ringband of Storms,

Bloodflight (evasion)

Manaflight (magic evasion)

Bloodwall (def) - Kite Shield

Touch of rage (emnity+)

touch of Emnity (enmity-) - Raptorskin Satchel Belt

Edit: Could any recommend a good parser?

[Alzelia]

I updated the main post
I formatted it to make it easier on the eyes, and I highlighted the results so people can skip the math.
And lastly I added a section about the order you should meld materia.

[Sylkis]

(Raikki; post 420290)

Nothing much more interesting beyond this. For triple meld you can assume ~9% for any combination of III and IV for practical purposes.

As for cost, just sum up the costs of your equip and 2 materia and multiply by 4 for III melds , 6 for IV melds, 60 for triple IV (triple III not really practical).

[tymora]

These are the values I collected. Have fun.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/...hl=en_US#gid=0

Has every value for double-meld on lvl 41+ gear with some extra values. I used the table that Sylkis posted above as a starting point.

HQ bonus is only 5% for double meld. It decreases as you meld more.
5% -> 4% -> 3.5% -> ??%

Btw, yes I know the formatting sucks.

[Sylkis]

Tier I and II melds are useless except for Gambler's Crown , in that case you wouldn't care about the tiny differences since you are melding so many. Its approximately 40%>30%>20%>20%

[DubstepNinja]

just finished an 0/13 run on double melds, I blame dalamund

[Viritess]

Popular Pie Meld for DRG would be Cobalt Haubergeon (Body piece)(Or Darksteel Haubergeon if someone actually wanted to try and blow up a bucnh of those ><; It won't be me )

Though I (as in a LS mate) will be attempting the Cobalt Hauby in the near future, so i'll record the Percentage chances for you. Can also ask if my LS would be willing to record their results for you.

[Sirakitty]

i think the moonphase plays a big role too, i can see the full moon is a good phase for double melting with certain jobs