Crafting in General - OMG Fix It

[Valen]

Biggs and Hellsoul,

Nice posts, totally agree with you guys there. I have faith the development team will make something truly amazing with the Materia System. They do need to live up to the great legacy that the name of the system entails. There is a huge chance here to implement something truly unique and engaging (not simply putting "gems" in equipment, as others said is common in MMOs - I never played anything but FFXI and FFXIV, so I wouldn't know myself).

The time and effort SE is dedicating to listen and understand community opinions and desires also has me more confident that future changes (including the Materia System) will bring to life features that shall satisfy us. Let's keep hoping they live to our expectations this time.

That said, I just remembered about the linked materia slots, where you could build some nice combos, combining two materia for different effects (like Elemental + Ice, Added Effect + Poison, etc). Maybe we could have some Blue Materia (the linking type) in FFXIV also! Btw, the independent (purple) materia (such as HP Plus, MP Plus, Long Range, Counter Attack and others) would fit perfecly in FFXIV, with little or no adaptation needed.

Yours sincerely,
Valen