Quote Originally Posted by detlef View Post
I don't really care about combat or magic skill caps at this point. Many people don't even cap all their skills so what's the point in being able to optimize merits? I'm far more interested in increasing the job-specific merit points. Is that coming in the next merit point update? Get to it SE.
Maybe you don't. Even if you don't have capped magic skills, light/dark arts push you to the top, and merits are added on top of that again. Even if your combat skills aren't capped, merits will help you get there, and help you when you're at the cap.