[byr1001] Uncapping the Merit Point Categories

In that case I would rather have a new set of merits that are directly related to the area you're fighting in, rather than having current merits only be obtainable by killing in certain areas.

Kill yagudos for "enhances yagudo killer effect", for example!

This isn't a very good idea if you think about it for a couple of seconds.

#1. It puts a hard cap on the number of merits that can be earned. Once you hit that cap, there's nothing you can do.
#2. Specialization is a good thing sometimes. Merits help differentiate someone who has a main job from someone who actually puts care into it. Why should someone who leveled X job for bare minimum support get as much combat skill as someone who leveled it first and puts every minute of their gametime into it?

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Originally Posted by Suteru

This isn't a very good idea if you think about it for a couple of seconds.

#1. It puts a hard cap on the number of merits that can be earned. Once you hit that cap, there's nothing you can do.

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What? So it's better to have people trash their merits every time they want to change something? People should be having fun and doing actual content, not wasting their time.

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#2. Specialization is a good thing sometimes. Merits help differentiate someone who has a main job from someone who actually puts care into it. Why should someone who leveled X job for bare minimum support get as much combat skill as someone who leveled it first and puts every minute of their gametime into it?

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If you want to differentiate yourself do so with your ability and playing style. Do so with the gear you're willing to earn and the research you're willing to do. YOU are the difference.

Why SHOULDN'T someone who earns 10 merits be able to put them where they damn well please?

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Originally Posted by Suteru

This isn't a very good idea if you think about it for a couple of seconds.

#1. It puts a hard cap on the number of merits that can be earned. Once you hit that cap, there's nothing you can do.

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How is this different from what we have now? Do you really change your merits that often?

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Originally Posted by Suteru

#1. It puts a hard cap on the number of merits that can be earned. Once you hit that cap, there's nothing you can do.

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I personally have four melee jobs that I'm semi-serious about. Beastmaster, Warrior, Thief, and Dancer. I have Great Axe, Axe, and Dagger merits. I have intentionally avoided gearing and playing other melee jobs because of the cap on melee merits. So I agree that there's nothing you can do, but that's how the system currently is in practice for the vast majority of the players and don't see it as a good thing.

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Originally Posted by Suteru

#2. Specialization is a good thing sometimes. Why should someone who leveled X job for bare minimum support get as much combat skill as someone who leveled it first and puts every minute of their gametime into it?

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Why shouldn't they? If you followed the plan proposed in the OP through to completion, people with multiple jobs would suddenly have a huge number of potential merit options available to them. There would still be prioritizing going on, and it would be just as invisible to the casual observer as it has always been. You can't look at another samurai and tell whether he has GKT merits, so how would it hurt you if he did despite having other weapons merited too?

I've farmed about a billion gil all-told for Dancer now and have 8 Dagger merits. It wouldn't bother me at all if every other Dancer on the server has 8 Dagger merits as well because SE removed the limitations from their merit system. In fact, I'd welcome it so that the server's Dancers could be a little better. The problems I have are more with people that fail to merit a job than those that would merit it and can't because of the merit system.

@ Byrth and Camiie

Let me just say that I agree with the both you. I think you guys really hit the nail on the head, so to speak.

It really made me happy to see people that can see the bigger picture. Not that there haven't been people like that in this thread, I just think that the two of you put it most eloquently. ^^

I agree, this would be a good idea. I don't know a single person who by now is not capped on Merits. As much as I don't see any reason why this is a bad idea, we all know SE won't do it because they are busy rehashing Lv.75 content to pass it off as "new".

At the very least let us cap at least one more weapon skill, only being allowed 3 at cap is rubbish.

I agree, the cap on merits should be removed. With SO many people with multiple jobs, we should be able to merit for all of them, if we choose.

Now that I think about it, it would be pretty neat to have both Equanimity and Tranquility without having to give up Stormsurge.

To original poster: Yes plz.