Am I dense?

[Fadigre]

Okay... I think everyone is failing to read and thinking far too much about all this.

What was said was that gear stats and stats gained by levelling will have a 1:1 influence on capacity. Right now, you get 50 points base to distribute when you level. Also a full set of single-meld T4s will get you 80 minimum and 100 maximum (160%~200% of the value).
So as it is, the ratio between gear attributes and base attributes is roughly 1.8:1. The plan is to shift it so it is 1:1, somehow.

That is what has been said. By no means it'll make materia useless, it'll still be the source of 50% of your attributes.

So we're potentially looking at a .8 decrease in equipment stats or a .8 increase in character base stats then?