/shrug Nobody I know melded any DoL heavily once it was determined that HQ i55 gear was sufficient for unspoiled nodes and that few people cared about HQ ingredients. Heck, even I, someone who obtained a BTN Luminary in 1.0 and was really gung-ho about BTN, never bothered to meld onto most of my left-side armor pieces because it was completely pointless until 2.2.
Originally Posted by: Vicious 
I get the caps are the same..it's all good. I just currently can't do the T2 nodes so I'm gonna have to remeld some stuff which is a pain in the ass.
Have you obtained the new mainhand tool(s)? You're not supposed to be able to easily gather from the T2 nodes until you've obtained the new tool(s).
Re-melding? Why would you need to re-meld? What did you meld to your gear before that you can't just tack more stats onto? Did you cap out all of the materia slots with low-grade materia before? If so, well, that's the risk you take when going the cheapo route.
Pre-patch, I had max-melded ears/neck/wrists/belt/hands on my BTN. Post-patch, I've max-melded my legs, but that's all I've changed. I certainly can't think of any reason why I'd need to re-meld anything differently.
Don't forget about food. If you're still working toward the new mainhand tools and/or hat, food can often bump you up to whatever thresholds you need without unnecessary melding. The reddit post also mentions a "leve buff", but I have no idea what that is. Did they mean FC buff?
Edit: Okay, now I think I get what you're asking. In the reddit thread, they have two meld lists; one for T1 nodes and one for T2 nodes. I'm not really sure why they'd do that. If you're going to use any list, I'd use the T2 list**, though I wouldn't suggest using either list unless you like going the bare-minimum route. You know what stat thresholds you need to meet, and it's easy enough to figure out how you want to meld from there.
**Why does the T2 meld list not take the new hat into account? Why does the T2 meld list tell you meld onto your hat when you're just going to completely obsolete it with the new hat? That's just a complete waste of money!! These lists make me facepalm so hard.
Originally Posted by: Vicious Can I just get some clarification for the other 2 DoL for one set that will get me everything that is now available.
Whatever you want that gets you to 408+ Gathering, 389+ Perception. Be sure to include the new mainhand tool and hat if you have the patience to get them.
I'm using food to reach the 370 gathering minimum until I get my mainhand(s). From there, I'll be using the new mainhand to get the hat. Once I get the mainhand(s), I'll re-evaluate and see if I need to meld any more.
You do need to meld quite a bit in order to reach these thresholds though. After this past weekend, My botanist now has max-melded body/hands/waist/legs/feet/neck/ears/wrists/ring1/ring2 and I'm still 2 Gathering shy of the 370 required, so I still have to eat food to gather the Fragrant Logs.
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