Better Materia System

[Shougun]

I believe they should nerf materia or buff gear. (I personally don't like materia at all and would rather see it gone but meh...)

Adding +16~40STR to a pair of gloves with +4 on them is ridiculous, its pretty much increasing the stats on items by up to 10 folds.

Materia now took over equipment and gear is judged entirely by the materia glued to it than by its actual stats, something unremarkable as normal quality Felt Bracers with enough materia on it becomes the "Best in slot" hand equipment is just unreasonable.

I wouldnt hate materia being gone (like you brought up that point). But, I think its a good opportunity for SE to make long term goals, ones that actually follow with your character too. Because equipment in updates will always be replaced but having a much harder but mobile materia system would mean at least some of your work is always coming with you.

Yeah with the current system without slot maxing each item - and not removing the % chance blow up stats will go insane (stat inflation, like what happened to WoW). % chance destroys items as players are unwilling to go for newcontent (unless you are hardcore) when they have their +50 intelligence straw hat.

A (of many) reason(s) why you have to remove the % break chance is because not everyone has the money to take that 2 mil vanya robe and make it worth while over your materia and maybe break it. So they have to make the gear better then older gear otherwise with the current system (already happens) people will wear level 30 quad meld items over level 50 items. End result looking stupid lol.

So, by removing break chance, and making materia harder you can always go for that gear you want, and since the gear has slot maxing SE doesnt have to design gear with such a high stat inflation. Meaning in 1 year we wont have +200 strength gloves.

(When not specifically mentioning current system assume my front page system is the system talked about. Like the last paragraph).