New Playthrough - Which Materia do you max first?

[Elly]

1 reason for a mastered All early on, buying Costa Del Sol right after you first get there... i don't like waiting to buy something i don't have to wait for...

[Raistlin]

All, All then All. In that order.

Yeah, pretty much. Also Magic Plus is a priority for me once I get it, as I like to have one on each character.

[Heath]

Cure only very initially for me. I find White Wind more useful usually, and so tend to use that instead. All is a good shout for the cash.

[Andio]

I like to max out All materia,It really makes the earlier ecounters quicker.By the end of the game there really is no need for money,and All materia because I just use meteor 2.

[Madame Adequate]

Pretty much all materia. All materia too as you can sell it for $$$MADBLING£££DOLLADOLLA420Y'ALL$$$ and also because it has tremendous utility.

Basic magic materia tend to get mastered just in the course of play, but I tend to aim to get some mastered Independent materia ASAP because how can you go wrong with troutloads of extra MP/HP/whatever?

I almost never master my command materia though

[Greatermaximus]

There's a difference between the one you 'want' to master and the one that 'gets' mastered. That All materia and Restore materia for me since you get it so early.