Thread: Materia in 2.0

Originally Posted by Luna_the_Lalafell

I'm sorry. Maybe I should clarify. I know how melding worked in 1.0. That is not what I'm asking. I'm asking theoretically if other people think getting catalysts will be harder, therefore more expensive on the market then they already were. If cataclysts became more expensive, the price of melding will go up if you are not making your own materia and catacylsts. Melding will be harder to do since it is more costly. This thread isn't about materia creation; but the gathering aspect of cataclysts and how it will effect the markets. Anything I've seen in the videos so far will not effect spirit-bonding in the least.

Once you have the components required to try to meld on a item I believe it will be the same difficulty as before; 100% for the first materia, 50% on the 2nd etc...

Thanks for your input though!

TL;DR
I know how materia melding worked in 1.0, this is really more about cataclysts and how it will effect the market. But thanks anyway!

Will if cataclysts would cost more and melding would be easy due to the fact that. 100% spirit bond item and HQ gear = higher success rate of melding then it would balance itself out. Also the information i put in my post is not how 1.0 melding works it's how 2.0 works and how cheap NQ items would be vs HQ.

So the only thing i see effect the market is HQ items seeing how it be more rare to come by and give you better success rate with 100% spirit bond items giving a better rate also. So to somewhat answer your question is it would balance itself out if cataclysts are hard to come by.

Also i see the first few months of FFXIV 2.0 being hell on the market i would wait 3-4 month before buying anything. To all the price balance out and we can see how much everything really does cost.

Also if you dislike how hard cataclysts is to come by in beta testing make a post on the beta forums. Everything you saw in alpha is just for testing i don't really see it being hard to come by. it's cataclysts is a base item so i don't see it being rare vs HQ ore and stuff.