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Let us cap out every merit weaponskill.
I cant use some jobs just because I have capped another weapon skill or I don't have Empyrean Weapon skill. Were 0/15, let us do 0/80. This would let us come any job we want to anything as long as were 5/5 on that weapon skill.
Would take us longtime to finish 16mil exp in weapon skills to cap everything 5/5.
I think the adjustment they proposed is actually a decent compromise from their original outright "no". Making the 1st merit on a ws almost as powerful as 4/5 in current system makes them quite usable without 5/5.
And in reality... you dont really need to have every one of them merited, it more just fills the gap in the "sense of completionism" box :P
The way FFXI is at the moment, you need 5/5 in most decent merit ws's for them to simply be the best and give a job that potential to compete. Without 5/5 you wont be doing enough damage, or not as much as you could be so you will almost be considered a waste of space because somebody could be better. So with the new change it wont change anything, people will still want 5/5 in most merit ws's just simply because it's still needed. It's good for people who don't care so much about the damage and more the looks or the completion of a job in that respect.