I never realized pentamelding meant you have to fill all 5slots for it to be considered pentamelding.

So when people and guides say: "you don't need to pentameld" I assumed you didn't need to go so heavily into overmelding territory in general. So when I was trying to craft stuff I kept hitting these odd walls where I just didn't have enough craftsmanship or CP.

But it turns out you kinda still need tetrameld at the very least to hit alot of the craft requirements. And thats atleast 4 materias on almost every piece of gear. (2-3 overmelds depending on piece)

I just somehow thought pentamelding meant that you overmeld heavily, not that you overmeld all slots.

This is what happens when you're not fluent in Greek prefixes.

just wish more guides actually stated "but you still need to overmeld pretty heavily" instead of just leaving it out and people find out the hard way.

It also hurts cause I thought I could save up on some materia for 7.3 gear, but it turns out I probably can't even craft that gear unless I tetrameld bare minimum.