Quote Originally Posted by Perrin_Aybarra View Post
The way I understand it is that once you reach 100% attachment points, which are attained by equiping gears (maybe some gears attune better together then others) you get to transform these gears into materia which is a crystalized stat augment that you attach to another gear. So you lose the orignal gears to attach to your new gear.

It sounds like your converting the Attachment Points not the gear itself.