I think people are forgetting that the Materia system DID do stats not just skills and traits.

Every materia orb gave stats except a select few (I believe command and underwater?)

The Materia name fits for a few reasons. If the lore is really how I think it is where "Every equipment item retains latent energy from the crystals that craft it, and using the equipment feeds energy into that latent crystal energy. with use "AP Points" Then the whole "Growth" of materia is there. Materia was the name of FF7's Crystals. We already have a unique Crystal name for XIV (Aetheryte) the Original crystal name "Crystal" is present as well. I'm sure Magicites somewhere in the lore coming soon as well but its always a heavily story based name. Materia is the only crystal name left. And as these will be crystals its better to base it off the system closest to it which is VII's Materia.



Quote Originally Posted by Teknoman View Post
Didnt they say there was no risk of failure?
There is if its your second materia to infuse.