Quote Originally Posted by Hashmalum View Post
Please, please, PLEASE don't make our new enfeebling spells merit-only. I noticed that a new type of merit system is planned for level 99. I noticed that despite the fact that enfeebling magic was prominent in the RDM section of the manifesto, we got zero new enfeebling spells this update. I noticed that the time before last that we got new enfeebles, we had to pay merit points for them. I am afraid that this will happen again and I feel that if it does, IT WILL BE A HUGE MISTAKE. We should not have to pay a merit tax for a core job function. We should not have to choose a fraction of our vital spells to be able to cast usefully. Does WHM have to merit to get Cure V? Does BLM have to choose between Blizzard and Thunder? No and no. Please tell us you aren't planning on doing this.
Poor choice, since BLM has to choose between the AM2s. Wasn't so much of a problem for BLM until voidwatch procs and SE (in their infinite wisdom) included meritable spells as procs, so now every BLM has to get every spell then chooose what to spend the last 4 merits on.
Giving both RDM and BLM an extra 6 merit points to spend in this category would be the same as giving us all of the spells through scrolls, and changing the merits to potency/duration. Either of these choices are acceptable IMO.