Completely against this. Please do not dumb down crafting, its the only thing thats kept me playing while you guys are taking forever to "fix" the battle system. I am also against "gemming" Materia, w/e you wanna call it. youve seen this in almost every mmo, its a really generic way of customizing gear and im sure i can guess exactly how the system is going to be. because its been done more times then i can remember. gear has slots, materia has costs, match appropriately. there are ways of changing the system without catering to non crafters, you dont have to dumb down the recipes or instant synth, same with customizing gear, not every game needs "gems"