Suggestion: Merit Points

[HakuroDK]

I think merit points could work well, if they're done intelligently. It can't give a high enough bonus that it would become a mandatory grind, but it can't be too low that it's not even worth implementing.

This is going to sound silly, but how about a Merits Vendor where you can trade in Merits for the following items, assuming it be split amongst DoW/DoM, DoH, and DoL. Like, "Militia Merits", "Artisan Merits", and "Forager Merits".

Militia Merits could buy the following, in order of price:

Aetheryte Tickets
Spiritbond Potions
Durability Potions
NQ Draconian Potions of <Insert Attribute Here>
NQ Combat Food Items
Silver Chocobo Feathers
<Armor Type> of the Pious <Class Name> (Steel Vigil Glamours, Dyable)
<Armor Type> of the Outcast <Class Name> (Sohm Al Glamours, Dyable)
<Armor Type> of the Orthodox <Class Name> (The Aery Glamours, Dyable)
<Armor Type> of the Heretical <Class Name> (The Vault Glamours, Dyable)
<Armor Type> of the Sagacious <Class Name> (The Great Gubal Library Glamours, Dyable)
<Armor Type> of the Vengeful <Class Name> (Valerian Glamours from Fractal Continuum and Neverreap, Dyable)
<Weapon Type> of the Just <Class Name> (Stone Vigil Weapon Glamours)
<Weapon Type> of the Feral <Class Name> (Sohm Al Weapon Glamours)
<Weapon Type> of the Ancient <Class Name> (The Great Gubal Library Weapon Glamours)
Dusk Leather

Artisan Merits could buy the following, in order of price:

Aetheryte Tickets
Spiritbond Potions
Durability Potions
NQ Tinker's Calm
NQ Crafting Food Items
Replica <Crafting Class> <Armor Type> (Crafting AF1 Glamours, All Classes, Dyable)
Master <Crafting Skill> I
Master <Crafting Skill> II
Rowena's Token (Red Crafting Scrip)
Dusk Leather

Forager Merits could buy the following, in order of price:

Aetheryte Tickets
Spiritbond Potions
Durability Potions
Hi-Cordial
NQ Gathering Food Items
Replica <Gathering Class> <Armor Type> (Gathering AF1 Glamours, All Classes, Dyable)
Matron's Favor <Insert Area Here>
Trader's Favor <Insert Area Here>
Rowena's Token (Red Gathering Scrip)
Dusk Leather

Footnote: For those who don't know what Dusk Leather is, it's used to make the Company glamour set. However, at present, no one knows where to get the stuff.

[Duelle]

A good idea

While the list could use some tweaking, this is a very good foundation.

[Gooner_iBluAirJGR]

Bring on the merit points.

[Arixtotle]

How about merit points for aesthetics? Sort of like the minor glyphs in WoW.

[Moonleg]

Kogasan, she said that the GRAPHICS are outdated, not that the gameplay or specific mechanics were outdated.

[DoctorPepper]

I would love to see merit points, or whatever they want to call a system that lets you get exp at max level for boosts.

[Qfox]

i just hope this topic get too popular and get big attention of the devs

[justinjarjar]

We have skill bloat now so I am against new skills what so ever. Merit would work best when we are at top level for the game period (no clue when that will be). And dude with classes outside of raids, why not take from their pvp system and give you skills only used in overworld? I hate skill bloat and am against it, but that would make more sense in the current game. In the end all it is just a new grind to do with gear if added since as most have said for the most part their will be a cookie cutter "best" build. What could be cool would be movement speed procs for certain skills that could be merited in (would need yo change up encounters then, but with new content it might be nice). Overall thou I would just want more levels and more attribute points maybe some more traits to change up the jobs from 60-70. And more jobs always gives more room for different gameplay.

[Stormrider]

Merits are generally something added to MMOs when the level cap is never going to be raised but want to keep some sort of progression. I think it is probably a little early. And they have been pretty clear about vertical progression at this point as well.

[DoctorPepper]

Merits are generally something added to MMOs when the level cap is never going to be raised but want to keep some sort of progression. I think it is probably a little early. And they have been pretty clear about vertical progression at this point as well.

There are definite exceptions to this however, Rift for example, added their system and then raised the level cap a afterwards. You ended up earning 2 types of exp after a certain level but it still worked great because of the large amount you needed to get small boosts.