Third Tier

[Runespider]

Abyssea type atma merits, massively boost triple attack/crits/refresh etc.

Just make them require mass amounts of merits to gain.

[Economizer]

Abyssea type atma merits, massively boost triple attack/crits/refresh etc.

Just make them require mass amounts of merits to gain.

I honestly hope triple attack and refresh never happen. Triple attack could overpower 2handed weapons, while screwing up multihitter weapons that hit a bunch per round (since double/triple/quadruple attack takes precedence over multihitters). Refresh would permanently screw over Red Mage more then the game already has, while making magic casters much stronger.

Both are traits that, if allowed to be meritable, should be job specific (like Triple Attack on Thief is now).

Criticals are a solid choice however, but they already made the list last time. Looking at the current list of "other" merits, we get a list of a bunch of passive things:

Enmity Increase (+1 per upgrade)
Enmity Decrease (-1 per upgrade)
Critical Hit Rate (+1% per upgrade)
Enemy Critical Hit Rate (-1% per upgrade)
Spell Interruption Rate (-2% per upgrade)

Critical Hit Rate is already on this list. But if we want to think outside the box, there are a few things we can do. A major issue with any list like this however, is not just balancing the choices, but balancing them with each other (unless you can merit all of them).

• A merit category that allows you to get increased bonuses from all your sub jobs.
• A merit category that increases total accuracy (and ignores the cap), up to 5%.
• A merit category that provides a small amount of Subtle Blow.
• A merit category that reduces job ability recasts by a certain percentage (such as 5~10%).
• A merit category that gives 1-5 points of Auto-Regen.

I feel that this list is much more passive, and much less overpowering then stuff like triple attack or refresh.

[Shiyo]

Abyssea type atma merits, massively boost triple attack/crits/refresh etc.

Just make them require mass amounts of merits to gain.

This is the worst idea I've ever read in my entire life.

[Symbiote]

Abyssea type atma merits, massively boost triple attack/crits/refresh etc.

Just make them require mass amounts of merits to gain.

Looks like someone has been too spoiled by abyssea and probably has never done anything outside of it.


I would prefer a whole new menu of merits to increase traits other than what is already there. Such as:
-Magic Atk. Bonus
-Magic Def. Bonus

Maybe a few new job abilities, if there is anything we don't already have. Not the outrageous "ideas" (and I use that term loosely) that the posters of this forum have had.

[Yygdrasil]

Abyssea type atma merits, massively boost triple attack/crits/refresh etc.

Just make them require mass amounts of merits to gain.

I have an idea. What do you say we flip this idea around ask them to give us a category of merits that are only active OUTSIDE of Abyssea? I like that idea much better. It's not the first thing I would think to ask for... but it's a great reason for people to get out of Abyssea once in a while and enjoy the way THE REST of the world was designed.

I was asked by a 95 NIN today what zone I was in... it wasn't a name he recognized or had ever been to. I was headed to Bibiki Bay - Purgonogo Isle to AFK against the beautiful scenery there. I have a hard time accepting that there can be people at the level cap who have not experienced the beauty and attention to detail that SE and their design team put into this game... I just can't.

Give me merits only active out in the "Real World". I don't want to be in Abyssea forever.