Quote Originally Posted by lordvr View Post
The materia system works exactly the same way...
With primals the process of killing the boss is atleast somewhat enjoyable, and worst case scenario you get DM that you fix your gear with. all you lose is time.

With materia you use gear, money, catalysts, materia and your gil and end up in a worse place than the place you started in.

I would take grindy content over luck based content any way.