Quote Originally Posted by Catapult View Post
I can't see them giving us back our materials on a failed synth or anything like that. They're currently looking for ways to take gil, and by extrapolation items that can be traded for gil, out of the economy rather than keeping them in. Synthesis failing is one of the few item sinks available at the moment.

If anything, I'd see them as being more likely to introduce an auto-fail mechanism in fatigue circumstances like gatherers have (which we of course wouldn't want btw).
If they did that, there would be a picket sign riot at SE's doors