Quote Originally Posted by Byrth View Post
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.
Exactly. I was pretty pissed off when merits first came out -- one of the great things about FFXI from the start is that you didn't need multiple characters for multiple jobs the way every other MMO forces you to have. You still have to level different jobs separately, but things like rank, fame, and gobbiebags carry over. And then at merits it turns out they were just yanking your chain all along, if you want to be the best possible at multiple jobs you'll need multiple characters after all.

...btw, still no fix for enmity merits for people with both tank and non-tank jobs?