[dev1006] Merit Point Adjustments!

[PizzaTheHut]

[dev1006] Merit Point Adjustments

The upcoming version update will see an increase to maximum limit for point allocation in certain merit point categories.

Maximum Total Ability Increase by Category

HP/MP: Increased from 8 to 12
Attributes: Increased from 5 to 8
Combat Skills: Increased from 20 to 32
Magic Skills: Increased from 16 to 24
Others: Increased from 8 to 10

Maximum Number of Upgrades by Ability

HP/MP: Increased from 8 to 12
Attributes: Increased from 5 to 8
Others: Increased from 4 to 5

Great! Finally use them for something other than breaking exp cap

[Byrth]

Awesome! I have wanted that for a long time!

It seems silly to have a cap at all for Magic/Weapon skills though. No job's maximum potential is limited by skill merits, so having caps on those categories is only counterproductive to the job system.

Like:
* No job will be using more than three weapon types and two defensive traits at once, so letting us merit more skills than that won't make any one job more powerful. Those caps only limits our ability to be the best at multiple jobs.
* No job really uses more than three types of magic at once (unless you count Enhancing), so it's kind of silly to limit that category. It just stops the best BLMs from also being the best SMNs.

You guys should just uncap those categories.

[Tazz]

Thanks dev team! this is a good start. I would very much like to also see an increase in job specific merits as well, in both group I and group II. I debated forever which RDM spells to get. Finally I decided on paraII 5/5 and bio III 5/5 yet I still would use dia III, slow II, and blind II. Also players have way more than one or two jobs leveled and you could easily get away with allowing us to put 8 merits into EVERY weapon catergory lol.

[Fiarlia]

Awesome! I have wanted that for a long time!

It seems silly to have a cap at all for Magic/Weapon skills though. No job's maximum potential is limited by skill merits, so having caps on those categories is only counterproductive to the job system.

Like:
* No job will be using more than three weapon types and two defensive traits at once, so letting us merit more skills than that won't make any one job more powerful. Those caps only limits our ability to be the best at multiple jobs.
* No job really uses more than three types of magic at once (unless you count Enhancing), so it's kind of silly to limit that category. It just stops the best BLMs from also being the best SMNs.

You guys should just uncap those categories.

Completely agree with this.

[Tamoa]

I like this! It's long since I ran out of things to merit, I'm constantly sitting on 20/20 9999/10000. I have even been making changes to my merits more than once, and it only takes a few hours in Abyssea before I'm capped again.

[GERM]

Im happy I have something to look forward in the way of merit points in general categories but what about Job Specific categories? Are they going to give those updates or is it just going to be as is?

[Taint]

Definitely a good start, but I agree why is the combat and magic limited at all?

[Fetus]

New magic cap is still too low.

[Alhanelem]

It just stops the best BLMs from also being the best SMNs.

That's kinda the whole idea. You're not supposed to be the best at everything. Part of the point of merits was to specialize. That said, People in general spent more time playing multiple jobs than SE thought we would, thus it makes sense to be a little less restrictive so we can spec in a few jobs instead of one, possibly two.

[Byrth]

That's kinda the whole idea. You're not supposed to be the best at everything. Part of the point of merits was to specialize. That said, People in general spent more time playing multiple jobs than SE thought we would, thus it makes sense to be a little less restrictive so we can spec in a few jobs instead of one, possibly two.

The point of the merit system is to force people to specialize, while the point of the job system is that you don't have to specialize. They've always been at odds, this is just taking one more step towards rectifying the issue. Shared categories shouldn't have a category cap.