I was browsing through all of the augmented Relic +2 gear to see if any of the augments were good enough to consider any merit changes, and when I reached WHM I wasn't sure whether to be disgusted or just laugh at the "Augments Protectra V effect".
In case any of you haven't already seen (I didn't see a thread here about this already) here is what this amazing augment grants you...
So, protectra V gives 5 def over protectra 4 (at a cost of 19 mp more) and fully meriting it gives a massive +8 to that. now, by spending half your life in dyna on whm to get 20k exp, you can add a whole 10 more! for a grand total of 78 def from protectra V.Grants an additional +2 defense per merit up to a maximum of +10 for 5/5
Am I the only person who thought SE had a great chance to make protectra worth meriting and completely messed it up?
All they had to do was make the augment -1~2% pdt per merit for a total of 5~10% at 5/5. THAT would have made it worth meriting. As it stands, it's only merited by ppl who can't be bothered to cast pro V on everyone, or sub SCH and use a stratagem. And then it's only ever 1 merit.
I'l, admit, I put a single merit into it for that 1 reason, but if I'd done my homework before-hand and seen it was only 5 def more than protectra 4, I'd have just bought protectra 4 and stuck with that.