Third Tier

[Buffy]

If making significant changes to the current Merit point system/set up/format - make the int/mp/combat skills/magic skills categories fall under the individual jobs. That way I can be 12/12 mp on blm and 12/12 hp on cor.

Yes, this means that if I have 5 jobs at 95/99 or whatever, I have to merit HP or MP 5 different times, and combat skills 5 different times, and magic skills 5 different times, that's fine - lets do that.

I understand that the original design of merits were to specialize your characters - but that was 2005? when merits were first introduced? The game has changed, lets move on.

It's silly for me to have 16 staff skill and 120 mp on cor.

To Camate and the devs: You've made exp and merits incredibly easy to obtain - that's great. Now let us use them.

[Leonlionheart]

I don't care so much about changing current merits as I do getting something new and interesting.

[Malamasala]

A new merit group is a really good idea

Before we add a new system, we would like to revamp and make adjustments to the existing merit point categories and items, so “Merit Point Category 3” (name pending) would come after those things are completed.

Looking forward to the improvement of spirit perpetuation down merits.

[Ophannus]

These two may boost Samurai's DoT.

Because SAM is a weak damage dealer.

[Pyrobunny]

please get rid of useless merits like mantra

[Runespider]

All I want is them to be of some use and take a long time to get, adding a new merit system and allowing everyone to cap them in a few days is idiocy

[brayen]

I am pretty sure they made mention of merit system adjustment earlier, but we have not heard anything about it. Instead of speculating is it possible to get any info on what exactly they are planning?

Far as new merit categories im assuming it will just cover the new abilities/traits released since 75

[Dallas]

For SMN tier 1:
Change attack from +3 to +3%, consistent with m attack.
Spirits... Just give em tier 5 spells tier 4 AOE, leave merits alone.

SMN tier 3 ideas
Pet weapon delay
Pet subtle blow
Pet movement speed
Pet double attack
Blood boon rate
Summon fast-cast
Phoenix: 2hr summon, each tier adds reraisega tier, tiers 4 and 5 add raisega.

[azjazo]

Posted some suggestions on merits for SMN on the SMN forum but just to get mo re exposure here:

Collapse all the merited Bloodpacts into one merit and make 3 more that give us and edge on the SMN playstyle of today
Suggestions for the other 3 could be...
Offensive
- A merit ability that lets you use 2hr avatars more often (say 1 hour recast an fully merited 30 min)
- BP recast - and remove cap
- Turn 2hr pacts into normal BP:Rage (nerf them a little maybe) and give new ones or bonus damage while under 2hr effect
- Spirit:BP Rage/ward, similar to DRG that can manually command their pet, to attack / cure, needless to say, thiw sould require spirits to be able to cast the new nukes, kinda outdated

Defensive
- An avatar "provoke" that raises enmity for the avatar as pike and then decreases overtime
- Increase attributes that diferentiate each avatar more and give them more survability (this in combo with the voke would make factible and avatar 2nd hand tank)
- Aura like covert effect for magic damage, abrorbs -agas and the like (would make choosing avatars more strategycally for the element) and strong resistance for the element

[scaevola]

Put me down for expanding the cap for each job merit group from 10 to 15 and introducing two new merits per group, and introducing a new global merit group with expensive QoL abilities like a permanent Sprint Shoes Kupower, FoV/GoV Field Support buffs on demand (cooldown reduced via additional merit levels), additional AH slots if possible, reduced aggro radius culminating with no aggro from EP mobs, and so forth.