Quote Originally Posted by Greyhawk View Post
Drowning in materia? I can see that there's a lot on the market board, but some are drowning in debt because of how expensive they are for up-to-date crafting and gathering needs for BiS. You have to actually work for materia.

You can literally buy Phoenix Downs off NPCs just for Gil, and they do have a chance of dropping in Deep Dungeons from coffers, but it's not supplied enough to avoid buying them.
Battle materia =/= crafting/gathering materia. Do just a few things battle oriented, like dungeons, and you'll be swimming in battle materia. Heck do a little hunt train and be swimming in the clusters needed to trade for whichever battle XI or XII materia you want in a good amount. Not much work is needed for battle materia.