[dev1210] Why Not Merit Weaponskills ??

[Alhanelem]

So basically you want the exact same outcome (everyone can use all the merit WS at full power), but with just enough difference in how it is implemented to make it look like you won the argument. Fine by me. You win.

You hear that SE? Alhanelem Wants to use all the merit WS at full strength too now. Go get it done.

No.
1) I don't give a rat's behind about "winning" (though, you sure seem to the way you've been fighting against me)
2) You don't understand. See below for how this is not the same thing.

So you want to be able to change your merit configuration without having to re-obtain merits, which would result in basically the exact same outcome as simply removing the caps entirely except that STR/DEX/VIT/Ect and Job Specific Merits would remain the same and you'd have to put more work into changing things around.

-_-;

It's not anywhere near the same as removing the caps because you don't have everything all at once. It merely cuts down on the hassle of changing your mind about a decision. Choice still matters, but you don't have to worry as much about regretting a decision you made, because you can reasonably change it (Where you can modify merit points, that is). You'd have to put LESS work into changing things around vs not doing this at all, because without these changes, you'd have to go spend a few hours or whatever getting all the merits back.

You don't have +12 to every single stat, maxed out every skill, maxed out every Others and maxed out every WS all at once. You only have the ones you chose, you simply have the ability to change them without having to completely undo a fair bit of work. I don't think it's reasonable to ask that you can have all stats and all skill stats etc. all completely maxed simultaneously. That's not balanced, especially since it benefits certain jobs more than others, even if you ignore the fact that encounters weren't tuned for us having all the extra 70+ stat points.

You make that face like "Wow, he's stupid." but you really didn't look at the whole picture.

But with so little difference between 1 point and 5, I really don't get the extreme issue people have with this... but it's a symptom of larger attitude problem in the playerbase...

Well most of the people here would have you believe that those few stat mod percentage points and the bit of extra damage they offer are critical and essential to winning anything when they really aren't.

SE has basically made their decision about how the merit point system works. They're going to raise the limits when they plan to raise them and neither I nor anyone here is likely to get what they want. In the end this isn't the terrible disaster of a situation that people are making it out to be.