So this week, after spending a few days gathering timed nodes, crafting\gathering even more for scrip materials, etc, I have a full set of 750 gear and off-hand tools.

I had 500+ of every materia saved up from tons of grinding over the last month or so so I would be ready when this new gear shows up since it's going to be the best we see til 8.0.

I got everything penta-melded based off suggestions on the Icy-Veins site. I had a good stack of the best HQ foods & Tisanes. I figured I'd see if I can go back to Cosmic Exploration to clean up the remaining final missions that were nigh impossible with the previous 720 stuff & 690 accessories. I know they could be completed with some RNG luck, but I was not very successful in a good number of them.

Those missions are STILL NOT MACROABLE. Even tried calculations to see if 750 main hand with penta melds and\or specialist actions made a difference. It gets CLOSE but not 100% quality which those missions require for gold.

Making missions basically rely on luck alone to complete is bad design, especially when you already have to either spend hours & hours to make the gear and attain the materia, or spend several million gil.

Too much of this game is the devs basically saying "Just wait a year or two and it will be trival."