Quote Originally Posted by Duelle View Post
Merits that change spell visual effects or give you flavor abilities and things of that sort (because really, what BLM wouldn't want to be able to sprout Black Waltz wings and fly around areas with flight allowed?). Not something that'll change combat, but helps flesh out jobs and their place in-game. This way you get to stand out without leading to adverse effects to game balance.
Now changing visuals of spells we already have sounds awesome to me. Like Fire 3 is still Fire 3 in your hot bar, but when cast it looks like a gust of wind or ice instead. That way those who want to rp or prefer the visuals of other elements could have that but not screw around with combat balance. (I didn't play FFXI so forgive me if I'm grossly misunderstanding this idea).