Quote Originally Posted by Rubicant82 View Post
I would imagine (though not well versed on the language FFXI is programed in) that it would be easy to set the ability to spend merits while OUT OF COMBAT but not in the mog house. I mean SE made it so that we could summon trust NPCs yet not while we hold enmity from a monster, so what would stop that system from being in place for spending merits?
They don't want us to, that's why. I highly doubt it's a programing issue, they just want there to be a reason for a player to return to town to spend their merits, IE they capped.