Quote Originally Posted by Yeargdribble View Post
Final Fantasy Tactics A/A2 and FFIX have all a system where you learn skills from weapons. Also, materia on weapons in FFVII was a way that weapons were significant in another game as well.
I hadn't considered that, but now that I think about it, that does seem far more likely than what I was thinking about. Still, in all those games exp. is a factor, and it seems that such a system of learning abilities through weapons still doesn't explain how it'll increase base stats.