All they need to do to fix materia is to change the caps. I can understand not wanting people slotting +8 VIT into every materia slot, but it would be nice if they could use at least 1. Right now materia is useless because the item already starts at cap on the good stats. This would also help make the crafting gear more desirable if say Heavy darklight armor could have +8 Str and +8 Vit TOTAL. Please raise the materia cap on items. I am not saying remove it, just raise it please.