New Weaponskills - Not what was expected

[Damane]

Count me in the group of people who find it retarded to have to chose between what to merit.

Personally, I wanted to merit the Staff WS for fun, It looked nice, But I chose Utility over enjoyment, I should be able to merit them all. They cost 100 Merits each to cap, If i wanted to work for near 1500 Merits, I should be able too.

Being able to play all 20 jobs but only being able to be great at a few of them is counter-productive. Maybe you guys pop a few off at the idea of being forced to be mediocre at something in order to be good at something else, But thats a thought process far beyond my understanding.

If i want to be great at everything, I should be able too. Especially in an MMO where the only goal is pretty much becoming more uber.

Honestly, One of my favorite things about FFXI is being able to change jobs... Play every job I wanted, etc. Being gimp on a few of them due to restrictions that serve no purpose are not fun.

BALANCE

Also, not to be rude, You can save your breath arguing against me, I'm pretty adamant on this stand point. While it'd be cute to watch someone try, If can play all 20 jobs, If i want to put effort into perfecting them, I should be able too.

Again, Especially in an MMO, Where pretty much the core goal is to perfect your character.

By the same logic of limiting merits, Why not just limit it to 1 Relic, Mythic, and Empyrean per Character at this point? So each of you can be forced to chose 1 job to have one for.

Inb4 someone agrees with my sarcastic last sentence

The new WSs are not that powerfull tbh, shoha is decent, resolution is decent, exenterator is very nice, Upheaval is okeish (well underwhelming if compared to ukyo's, but every WS is underwhelming compared to ukyo's). The WSs arent leaps ahead on what existed allready... and then there are those WSs that suck ass completly: Last Stand... ugh and some others.

If your allready existing Weaponskills (aka the old ones) were doing nice with your WS set, chances are high you wont suck against someone useing a new WS... simply because the new WSs are definitly NOT that powerfull.

[Karbuncle]

The new WSs are not that powerfull tbh, shoha is decent, resolution is decent, exenterator is very nice, Upheaval is okeish (well underwhelming if compared to ukyo's, but every WS is underwhelming compared to ukyo's). The WSs arent leaps ahead on what existed allready... and then there are those WSs that suck ass completly: Last Stand... ugh and some others.

If your allready existing Weaponskills (aka the old ones) were doing nice with your WS set, chances are high you wont suck against someone useing a new WS... simply because the new WSs are definitly NOT that powerfull.

There are a few good ones. I agree not all are, But some of them, while pretty much bleh, can have some situations.

Shijin Spiral is pretty damn close to VS, Especially after nerf, Plus, a bit more consistant.
Exenterator is Epic
Ruinator is Epic
Polearm is Epic
Greatsword is Epic (Can be, anyway)
Sword is Meh, Very, But situational
Staff is Fun, Best Staff WS... But yah still Staff
Club - Meh
Marksmanship is actually rather good, Just not for COR.
Archery - Dunno
Katana - Dunno
Great Katana - Amazing
Great Axe - Best Mighty Strikes Zerg WS

Out of the Above, I'd like to be able to Merit...

H2h,
Dagger
Axe
Great Axe
Polearm
Staff

Cause I have and enjoy playing jobs that can make use of those. But I've settled on Dagger, H2h, and Axe for now. I'm just sad my Dragoon and WAR have to suffer because of this.