Am I dense?

[Fadigre]

That ^ thank you. That answers the question does it not?

I think I need to figure out what my question was!

I've understood from the very start that materia should be an option not a requirement and I agree that that's how things should be!
I think I'm quite happy to be reassured that materia'd gear will still be worth something come 2.0 as that's the majority of my equipment at the moment!

Thank you ~