Quote Originally Posted by Rowyne View Post
Yes, I am aware of that. I am a 36-year-old old-school gamer. I fell in love with the Final Fantasy series when I first played FFVI (III-US) back on the SNES in 1994. It remains my favorite of the series, to this day.

I know the gaming timeline.

That doesn't change the fact that the new 'Materia' system sounds more like, what I said, a hybrid of WoW's enchanting and gem socketing system than FFVII's Materia system.

Shall I reiterate why it shouldn't use the name?
Sure and I'll reiterate why they should?

Materia is a "Growth System" And Materia Grows using AP once you max the AP it becomes catalytic. In VII this was automatic and a new stone was "Born" in XIV you have to force the stone to be born by processing the weapon it grew on.