Quote Originally Posted by Mudd View Post
For some reason the idea of converting a triple melded item, or NPC'ing it doesn't really strike as productive, nor pleasant.
Exactly, that was my main point back on page 2. Spend gil on gear that you use for Raids or anything, it becomes Soulbound. Eventually you get better gear (thats what everyone is striving for anyways) you now have gear that you must either turn into materia or NPC. People don't realize this now because it's "all speculation" but once we're in game and people see how it works there will be an outcry. Even if they add a NPC to remove the Soulbound for a fee, that's just a gilsink for something that wasn't broken. The materia system itself was the problem, not the ability to resell or recoup loses through RNG explosions.

If anything this hurts new players and returning players. People can't pass on gear to the new players whether free or for gil, whether that's a trade or them buying the gear off the AH/Wards. They're forced to buy base gear and materia to make their own, which is totally fine and helps the economy, but some people feel more comfortable buying melded gear than attempting to make similar melds and sometimes blowing more gil that way.