[dev1210] Why Not Merit Weaponskills ??

[Alhanelem]

I'll take freedom and full functionality over uniqueness any day.

Since you still have both freedom. full functionality, I'll take the uniqueness.

1) Your jobs are fully functional. Nothing is preventing you from using them,t hey are not "crippled" because you didn't optimize your merits for them. You can still beat content on them. Not Minmaxed != Not fully functional

2) Because you are still able to use any job at will, you are able to change your merits, and you are not crippled by them, you still have full freedom to use any job.

//Cues Camiie stating the moon is made of green cheese and getting 5-10 likes for it

They only give you choices for customization via limiting you.

You aren't limited. If you could prove that certain content was unbeatable when playing with <insert job here> in the group if their merits weren't optimized for that job, then I would agree with you completely. But, you can't do that, because it simply isn't true. You're still free to use any job and still beat content. You're free to change your merits at any time with (relatively) low difficulty.

Uncapping merits is popular because who doesn't want more stuff? Who cares about good game design, as long as I get MOAR STUFF!

As the player base gets smaller people will remember the little snow flakes and not invite them, so those people too will relent and give up their crap merits to be useful.

It's more likely those people will either 1) quit the game or 2) only do solo stuff. The elitist community is shooting themselves in the foot and reducing overall server populations further by trying to get people who want to play the game their way to "relent," if you ask me. So by "remembering the little snow flakes and not inviting them" you are in some ways contributing to the death of the game.

I've made up my mind on this subject, i stated well in advance I understand most people don't see this the way I do, but the replies to my comments sure seem hell bent on proving me wrong and/or making me look bad. This is a discussion forum. I discuss. I shared my opinion. You've shared yours. It's obvious whose is more popular, so why are you attacking me? Are you afraid they might listen to me and not you? If I'm really 1 of 2 people in the entire community with my line of thought, then you don't have anything to worry about...