The point of the Job System is to be flexible, not to be the best at everything. I have to re-affirm Alhanelem's comments on the issue. As it is now, you can specialize in and perfect one job and still be absolutely drop-dead awesome at other ones.

I welcome the expansion for merits, but think about it: It's not going to let you be more flexible than you already could have been. Rather, it's a better opportunity to further specialize and perfect one or two jobs-and unless this game changes drastically compared to how it's been since day 1, that's what people will mostly use this merit cap increase for. Myself included.