Noobish materia question

[Alhanelem]

Do any of the crafting stats or your main attributes affect the multi-melding chance? or is it just the stats of the materia on the item, stats of the materia being attached, and your level that plays into it?

[IBloodmoon]

Only three things affect melding percentage.

1- total stats added to the meld, ie. +40 str is harder to make than +38 str. For abilities points I believe it is .5% per ablity point. Somebody correct me if I am off on this, I'm not a my computer right now.

2- order of meld, always meld the lowest material first, even with in the tiers. Ie, a +18 needs to be put on before a +20 even though they are both tier iv.

3- if the item is HQ, there is a flat 5% for a double meld, 4% for a triple, and I believe 2.5% for quad. Again someone correct me if the numbers are off, I'm only positive about the double meld bonus.

Nothing else affects the percentage. Hope that helps.

[Alhanelem]

Also, don't use Bone Hora. LOW level items are less likely to succeed.

I figured this out. The same materia had a higher success rate on a higher level item than a lower one.

[IBloodmoon]

I figured this out. The same materia had a higher success rate on a higher level item than a lower one.

I was thinking more for the amount of gil you would end up spending to make the higher level item as opposed to the increased percentage, its about 10% difference between a bone hora and a tortoise shell hora. So unless you have a ton of basilisk eggs laying around it could get pretty expensive doing electrum needles.

[Alhanelem]

I was thinking more for the amount of gil you would end up spending to make the higher level item as opposed to the increased percentage, its about 10% difference between a bone hora and a tortoise shell hora. So unless you have a ton of basilisk eggs laying around it could get pretty expensive doing electrum needles.

I do have a whole bunch of em actually

[Boohiss]

Make Thousand Needles if you want something 41+ and cheap. I did just this to get my crown a week or so ago . Cactaur Needle + Siltstone Whetstone.

[Alhanelem]

My highest chance with an NQ materia and craftsman's whatever materia I was 42.5% on double, 36.5% on triple (broke). So if it was HQ, it would be 47.5% and 40.5%?

(with brass circlets, the worst materia only gave me a ~25% chance for double meld...)

Honestly the materia are more of a pain than the items... There isn't much of a percieved market for tier I materia in most cases, so nobody sells them- What little do they know....

[Raldo]

My highest chance with an NQ materia and craftsman's whatever materia I was 42.5% on double, 36.5% on triple (broke). So if it was HQ, it would be 47.5% and 40.5%?

Correct.

If you still have, or know someone who still has, guild marks, you can get a ton of tier-1 lowest-value easily.

[Alhanelem]

I see... I'm just trying for the gambler achievements, trying to figure out what the most optimal setup will be. I only have GSM50, so the range of useable materia I can get my hands on at any given time is rather limited =\