Materia Tier 3 Melding Glitch

[Zezlar]

Time: 11:15 A.M. EST
Frequency: Every time I try to Meld.
World name: Excalibur
Character name: Athalia Hartfell
NPC name: N/A
Monster name: N/A
Item name: Gatherer's Grasp Materia III
Class/Level: 50 Goldsmith
Party or solo: Solo
In-game time: 7:00 P.M.
Area and coordinates: Ul'dah Steps of Nald (12,10)
Steps:
1. Traded Cracked Materia III to the Calamity Salvager.
2.Obtained Gatherer's Grasp Materia III
3.Received this error:

4. Attempted Melding Synthesis onto an HQ Raptorskin Ring that has a GP+4 hard cap through Materia when HQ.
5. Game reads Tier 3 GP+3 Materia as a +1 that requires Tier 1 Catalyst.


SYSTEM_OS Windows 8 Pro 64-bit (6.2, Build 9200) (9200.win8_rtm.120725-1247)
SYSTEM_CPU Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3820 CPU @ 3.60GHz (8 CPUs), ~4.2GHz
SYSTEM_CORE_NUM SYSTEM_CORE_LOGIC 8 SYSTEM_CORE_PHYSICS 4
SYSTEM_BIOS BIOS Date: 11/21/12 11:20:18 Ver: 04.06.05
SYSTEM_LANGUAGE English (Regional Setting: English)
SYSTEM_MEMORY 8134.316MB
SYSTEM_VIRTUAL_MEMORY 2047.875MB
SYSTEM_PAGE_FILE 9350.316MB
SYSTEM_STORAGE C:\ SYSTEM_HARDDISK_DRIVE SYSTEM_TOTALDISC_SPACE 232.884GB SYSTEM_FREEDISC_SPACE 194.102GB
SYSTEM_STORAGE D:\ SYSTEM_HARDDISK_DRIVE SYSTEM_TOTALDISC_SPACE 1381.165GB SYSTEM_FREEDISC_SPACE 1318.393GB
SYSTEM_DIRECTX_VERSION DirectX 11
SYSTEM_GRAPHICS NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680
SYSTEM_GRAPHICS_DEVICE \\.\DISPLAY1
SYSTEM_GRAPHICS_CHIP GeForce GTX 680
SYSTEM_GRAPHICS_MAKER NVIDIA
SYSTEM_GRAPHICS_VRAM 1986.684 MB
SYSTEM_GRAPHICS_SHARED_VRAM 2048.309 MB
SYSTEM_GRAPHICS_DAC Integrated RAMDAC
SYSTEM_GRAPHICS_DISPLAY_MODE 1920 x 1080 (32 bit) (60Hz)
SYSTEM_GRAPHICS_DRIVER nvd3dumx.dll,nvwgf2umx.dll,nvwgf2umx.dll,nvd3dum,nvwgf2um,nvwgf2um
SYSTEM_GRAPHICS_DRIVER_VERSION 9.18.0013.2723
SYSTEM_GRAPHICS_DRIVER_DATE 9/12/2013 4:58:10 AM
SYSTEM_GRAPHICS_DRIVER_LANGUAGE English
3.0
SYSTEM_GRAPHICS_PIXEL_SHADER 3.0
SYSTEM_GRAPHICS_VERTEX_TEXTURE SYSTEM_SUPPORT
SYSTEM_SOUND Headset Earphone (Microsoft LifeChat LX-3000 )
SYSTEM_SOUND_DEVICE_ID {CF6ABFB5-DBD3-49CF-8765-52C6A3840388}
SYSTEM_SOUND_DEVICE_NAME USBAUDIO.sys
SYSTEM_SOUND_DRIVER_VERSION 6.02.9200.16384
SYSTEM_SOUND_DRIVER_LANGUAGE English
SYSTEM_SOUND_DRIVER_DATE 7/25/2012 10:26:27 PM
SYSTEM_SOUND Speakers (High Definition Audio Device)
SYSTEM_SOUND_DEVICE_ID {52DF64B5-71D6-469D-B701-5CD27F82B55A}
SYSTEM_SOUND_DEVICE_NAME HdAudio.sys
SYSTEM_SOUND_DRIVER_VERSION 6.02.9200.16384
SYSTEM_SOUND_DRIVER_LANGUAGE English
SYSTEM_SOUND_DRIVER_DATE 7/25/2012 10:26:51 PM
SYSTEM_SOUND Digital Audio (S/PDIF) (High Definition Audio Device)
SYSTEM_SOUND_DEVICE_ID {82929CBE-EDCA-4C19-B7E3-DAFB8BB19DF8}
SYSTEM_SOUND_DEVICE_NAME HdAudio.sys
SYSTEM_SOUND_DRIVER_VERSION 6.02.9200.16384
SYSTEM_SOUND_DRIVER_LANGUAGE English
SYSTEM_SOUND_DRIVER_DATE 7/25/2012 10:26:51 PM
SYSTEM_INPUT {6F1D2B60-D5A0-11CF-BFC7444553540000}
SYSTEM_INPUT_NAME Mouse
SYSTEM_INPUT_REMARKS SYSTEM_GAMEPAD_AXIS 3 SYSTEM_GAMEPAD_BUTTON 5 SYSTEM_GAMEPAD_FOV 0
SYSTEM_INPUT {6F1D2B61-D5A0-11CF-BFC7444553540000}
SYSTEM_INPUT_NAME Keyboard
SYSTEM_INPUT_REMARKS SYSTEM_GAMEPAD_AXIS 0 SYSTEM_GAMEPAD_BUTTON 128 SYSTEM_GAMEPAD_FOV 0
SYSTEM_INPUT {08026BB0-F898-11E2-8001444553540000}
SYSTEM_INPUT_NAME USB Keyboard
SYSTEM_INPUT_REMARKS SYSTEM_GAMEPAD_AXIS 0 SYSTEM_GAMEPAD_BUTTON 3 SYSTEM_GAMEPAD_FOV 0
SYSTEM_INPUT {08026BB0-F898-11E2-8002444553540000}
SYSTEM_INPUT_NAME USB Keyboard
SYSTEM_INPUT_REMARKS SYSTEM_GAMEPAD_AXIS 0 SYSTEM_GAMEPAD_BUTTON 27 SYSTEM_GAMEPAD_FOV 0
SYSTEM_INPUT {08026BB0-F898-11E2-8003444553540000}
SYSTEM_INPUT_NAME Controller (XBOX 360 For Windows)
SYSTEM_INPUT_REMARKS SYSTEM_GAMEPAD_AXIS 5 SYSTEM_GAMEPAD_BUTTON 10 SYSTEM_GAMEPAD_FOV 1
SYSTEM_INPUT {08026BB0-F898-11E2-8004444553540000}
SYSTEM_INPUT_NAME Microsoft LifeChat LX-3000
SYSTEM_INPUT_REMARKS SYSTEM_GAMEPAD_AXIS 1 SYSTEM_GAMEPAD_BUTTON 5 SYSTEM_GAMEPAD_FOV 0

[Xetyline]

Greetings Zezlar,
Thank you for posting your concerns with Materia Tier 3 Melding. I have made sure to submit all of your information to the development team and they will thoroughly investigate this matter, based on your report. Unfortunately, I cannot guarantee that a direct response will be posted on this thread, but I do recommend checking Here or Here for any details regarding the development team's investigation. Thanks again for your report!

Regards,
Xetyline