Quote Originally Posted by sweetidealism View Post
I don't see why a blanket buff wouldn't work.

Let's say that I merit Automatons and Luopans 5/5 each; it would be like meriting each of your categories 8/8 but JUST for automatons and luopans.

In your idea, I have to choose between individual parameters; what's the point? I can either have a glass cannon that will die at first sight of AoE, or I can have something sturdy that won't actually contribute anything. I don't want to fix just one aspect of my pets, I want to fix ALL aspects of them.
Could maybe do both? Kinda like how jobs have two categories of merits in each menu. One for getting your preferred pet jobs pets improved to a nice baseline, and the others so can customize pet more to fit how you like using them?