Materia System Revisions (06/13/2013)

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Materia System Revisions (06/13/2013) on the Lodestone

Most importantly:

8-1. Conversion of Version 1.0 Materia
1. All Version 1.0 materia will be automatically converted into cracked materia.

2. Players will be able to exchange their cracked materia for new materia of their choosing.
* Materia that has already been affixed to gear can be converted as is.

Even after converting cracked materia, there is the possibility certain gear will see a decrease in effectiveness when compared to Version 1.0. To compensate for this loss, players will have the option to exchange any gear affixed with cracked materia for a special currency. The amount of currency received is based on the type of gear as well as the number of materia affixed. This currency can be exchanged for a variety of gear, such as those obtained in dungeons and primal battles, or darklight gear.

* The exchange of cracked materia and gear affixed with cracked materia will be possible starting from phase 4.

8-2. Restoring Cracked Materia

Suddenly glad I was a packrat that barely sold anything towards the end of 1.0. But sad to see some of the useful/some of my personally favored materia go, such as Healer's Hand & Sound of Serenity.

[hideka]

awwwww.... damn that means ima loose my 4x STRIV meld..... so annoying.

[Zenaku]

awwwww.... damn that means ima loose my 4x STRIV meld..... so annoying.

Remember yoshi-p said it may not be a good idea to just stack the same meld on a gear.

[NoloeTazier]

Remember yoshi-p said it may not be a good idea to just stack the same meld on a gear.

It was at the time with the system we had. SE should have hinted at their plans for Materia before the final save. People who spent hundreds of millions on triple and quad melds got destroyed in this. Overall the Materia change is excellent but this little thing is crazy ouch. The exchange rate better be very reasonable cause this is going to make a lot of people angry when they find out.

[hideka]

yea well, you tell that to some +80 str gloves lol. oh wells. its just gear, it can be replaced.

[NoloeTazier]

yea well, you tell that to some +80 str gloves lol. oh wells. its just gear, it can be replaced.

That's a good attitude to have, very commendable but people are gonna flip lol. On Balmung there was a Japanese Roegadyn who had Quad-melds in all slots for Black Mage, Monk, and Dragoon...I really feel sorry for him. He doesn't exactly need any more Darklight lol.

[Ikkenoe]

That's a good attitude to have, very commendable but people are gonna flip lol. On Balmung there was a Japanese Roegadyn who had Quad-melds in all slots for Black Mage, Monk, and Dragoon...I really feel sorry for him. He doesn't exactly need any more Darklight lol.

Why would you feel sorry for him? He is still going to have quads in every slot in ARR. I feel like people aren't reading carefully.

[NoloeTazier]

Why would you feel sorry for him? He is still going to have quads in every slot in ARR. I feel like people aren't reading carefully.

ALL Materia is now Cracked Materia. Look at the picture, if you had a Penta-Meld Cobalt Cuirass with 5 STR Materia, you now have a 5x Meld Cracker Materia Cobalt Cuirass. Which you have the option to exchange for Materia of your choosing or the "currency" for Raid/Darklight gear.

[Ikkenoe]

ALL Materia is now Cracked Materia. Look at the picture, if you had a Penta-Meld Cobalt Cuirass with 5 STR Materia, you now have a 5x Meld Cracker Materia Cobalt Cuirass. Which you have the option to exchange for Materia of your choosing or the "currency" for Raid/Darklight gear.

* Materia that has already been affixed to gear can be converted as is.

Even after converting cracked materia, there is the possibility certain gear will see a decrease in effectiveness when compared to Version 1.0.

[Punainen]

I'm glad I didn't get much into materia at all.