Quote Originally Posted by Malithar View Post
How does a DD stand out? They don't die instantly (-DT sets, content willing) and they blow mobs up with good damage. Merits directly impact this, in that unless you only play a single DD (little over 1/2th of the jobs are considered DDs) you're more than likely missing merits that would boost your selected WSs mod, combat merits, and WS merits. How's that fair, compared across the character, as "being their choice"? So just because I prefer, say, to play Sam, then if I'm requested to come to something as Thf, I should be penalized by my merit choices? You say you only view merits as a bonus, however, when you look at VD content, the accuracy and damage provided by meriting out the off jobs you may have to bring could very well be the difference between +/- 10% accuracy and varying degrees of WS damage and att.
What this should be telling people is that you prefer to play SAM. Let the person who maximized their merits to benefit THF come thf. By having to make a choice about which job gets the biggest boost, it lets your friends know which job you really want to play with.