[dev1210] Why Not Merit Weaponskills ??

[Yottaxa]

(most) Weaponskills can be used by more than one job. 3 weapon skills != 3 jobs.

It's all about specialization, It's no different than talent trees and skill paths in any other RPG or MMO, the only difference being you create alts rather than use a single avatar.

Ofc I know my opinion is unpopular so I won't waste my breath going into more detail, but I feel the limit does need an increase but not a removal.

My response is more directed to SE but you do have a good point:

This is a competently valid argument and I understand the reasoning - but the big issue I take with it is why do we not see this restriction also carried through to the Walk of Echo Weapon skills or the Mythic Weapon skills where no such limitation exists? The limitation there is your ability to farm (or buy) or do the related ws trial (for mythic ws). How is that any different than earning merit points. Are the merit weapon skill so much more over powered compared to WoE or Mythic that they require restriction?

[Xantavia]

My response is more directed to SE but you do have a good point:

This is a competently valid argument and I understand the reasoning - but the big issue I take with it is why do we not see this restriction also carried through to the Walk of Echo Weapon skills or the Mythic Weapon skills where no such limitation exists? The limitation there is your ability to farm (or buy) or do the related ws trial (for mythic ws). How is that any different than earning merit points. Are the merit weapon skill so much more over powered compared to WoE or Mythic that they require restriction?

I suppose the question that needs to be asked is what are the WoE and Mythic WS equal to in regards to merit WS. Are they the same as going 1/5 in merits (in which case the current set-up is fine) or are they equal to 5/5 and in that case, yes there is an obvious unbalance in the system.

[predatory]

I think they should just up the limit to 5 weapon skills at 5/5 merits each, just having access to two more weapon skills would do a world of good

[Alhanelem]

My response is more directed to SE but you do have a good point:

This is a competently valid argument and I understand the reasoning - but the big issue I take with it is why do we not see this restriction also carried through to the Walk of Echo Weapon skills or the Mythic Weapon skills where no such limitation exists? The limitation there is your ability to farm (or buy) or do the related ws trial (for mythic ws). How is that any different than earning merit points. Are the merit weapon skill so much more over powered compared to WoE or Mythic that they require restriction?

You make a fair point, but the argument could me made that merit points are much more trivial to obtain and thus they chose a more arbitrary limitation.

Merit points were never that difficult to get, on the other hand.

I agree with your note however, that if specing is how they want to go, they should make respecing more reasonable to do. Changing your merits effectively undoes whatever effort you spent.

They placed no restrictions on your ability to get everything in the Job Point categories but limited it by making it very time consuming to farm (to the point of it not being realistic to cap them all)