lestatdark said:
GooseGaws said:
| lestatdark said:
Well, I think the ultimate weapons were meant to be used with Mastered materia only, since it would give you an unfair advantage to have weapons that could deal close to the 9999 damage (if you met the conditions for it), without any kind of setback. Kinda how like the Double or Triple growth weapons/accesories have also very limited slots or no coupling slots.
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That`s essentially my problem with the materia implementation; I don`t like the idea of a system of magic that is dependent on a character`s equipment. It`s too arbitrary. Why should you be penalized for wanting to use the best weapon for your character? You earned that weapon, it shouldn`t be a burden to use it.
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Well, there are a lot of penalizations regarding materia, which are not only limited to the ultimate weapons per se. Materias affected the stats % as well. I think this was to compensate for the fact that anyone was able to use them, without having defining "Jobs". This was meant to discourage heavy materia usage for heavy hitting characters, such as Barret, and loading magic heavy characters such as Aeris with as many materia as you could.
As for the ultimate weapons per se, I agree that the system around them seem a bit convoluted. But not because of the materia no growth limitations, but how it's heavily dependent on certain factors. I hardly ever used them, except for Morphing (I hardly ever used Caith Sith, so I saw no advantage for his ultimate weapon). Equipping Cloud with Ragnarok and Atk Boosting support materias could have him hit over 8000 easily, without any limitation.
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I'm not talking only about the ultimate weapons; I mean the system as a whole. As you say, materia has various effects on status, which I have no problem with. What I do have a problem with is that your character's equipment set defines how that materia can be utilized. It's something I just find irritating and needlessly overwrought.
