Materia System

[Peregrine]

Not unless the NQ just can just as easily make as good materia as HQ gear.

And if you don't want to use NQ gear to accumulate "affection points", then don't. Just buy your own materia. It's the same concept as buying stuff from gatherers because you don't want to gather, and buying stuff from crafters because your don't want to craft.

Better to never force or incentivise players to wear poor gear in the first place. They will choose to do so, and I won't be inviting them to get SP. Neither will Matsui, because a lancer who doesn't care about their performance, they just care about converting materia...won't be rewarded in the months to come.

I'm not advocating yet another stupid grind addition to this game...materia skillups. No way. That is 4/10 content that RMT, mindless grinders, and botters would love.