I've been doing some searching lately and was wondering if there's been any work done in 2.0 as to how to go about getting the types of Materia you want. On Diabalos, I'm not seeing any level IV Materia and III Materia that's priced all over the place.

With that said, anyone have any idea how to get consistent results with Materia? Will different stats on equipment change what you get, or is it more dependent on what type of armor it is? Would socketing a level 49 ring and then assimilating it give better chances for higher level materia? Etc.

Thanks!