Devs: Has Merrits Been Talked about?

[AresGodofwar]

Mostly all MMOs have this feature at end, have you guys considered it?

[Chrees]

Merrits?

[Xatsh]

Merits systems are good for the end, but they need to add like 25 more levels before they get to the end. Honestly this is still mid game atm.

[Tibian]

Mostly all MMOs have this feature at end, have you guys considered it?

Really? Like what? Because the modern MMOs that I've played that require subscription fees do not have this at all, so saying "mostly all MMOs" have this feature is either a niche market of MMOs that I've never played (maybe overseas EU/Asia MMOs), or just you being an XI purist desperately clinging on to some ridiculous notion of excessive grinding in MMOs being rewarding or some misplaced sense of accomplishment from getting one. I am more inclined to believe the latter.

Secondly, merits just adds more pathetic grinding to the game. XIV doesn't need more grinding because it already has more than the average modern MMO. We need content. More than five very short and brief grand company quests each patch.

Content =/= Grinding.

Third, merits were nothing more than a horrible implementation of 'talent trees' that XI threw in for a gross and monotonous time sink. Not to mention it had little to no customization because you were 'required' to have certain merits to do anything.

If anything, I'd much prefer to see a system developed around quests (at ALL levels) that allows your character to modify a new system that works sort of like talents and/or merits. I would much rather go out and actually accomplish something like say, killing all the primals, awarding one talent specialization and/or re-specialization point. Not only does this type of task actually feel like you accomplished something, but it encourages linkshells to help newer players while utilizing old content instead of throwing it away when the next patch arrives.

Big no to merits.

[TheVedis]

1) merits are not in most mmos, in fact, they are in 1 i can think of, just 1

2)while the idea of merits is great in order to keep content relevant and not raise a level cap, we need levl cap raises first, its a better idea for when a level cap raise is no longer a viable idea for the game because its too high already(good idea when your 99 or planning no further raises)

3) the main reason for a merit raise at that point is to be able to make stronger content that requires you to have merited without said cap raises, without having to overthrow the balance of the game(merits can make gradual increases in strength whereas a cap raise would be bigger leaps as can be seen in other games)



so yeah, too early to even consider merits

[Xatsh]

I can name 2 games that have "Merit" like systems

XI and Rift


But yea way too soon for merits.

[Isaveron]

Another topic requesting XIV to be more like XI. Nothing to see here, move along.

[Zenaku]

Another topic requesting XIV to be more like XI. Nothing to see here, move along.

There more games then just FFXI who have this type of system. If players are asking stuff from wow and making the game more like wow why not ask stuff from FFXI that works and know it a good idea? So i don't see a issue asking for a merit type system it give us high level something else to look forward too then just level up other class we don't want to. I'm 60% sure they would have something like this when we get at least 70cap.

[AresGodofwar]

Another topic requesting XIV to be more like XI. Nothing to see here, move along.

Because.......

New EQ's never take things from previous EQ's
New Halo's never use anything from previous Halo's.
New Call of Duty's dont use things from previous CoD's
New Guild Wars wont use things from previous GW's

Grow up kid, all new games use things from the past. Its what we are used to and it wont be something that changes the game completely around.

[TheVedis]

Because.......

New EQ's never take things from previous EQ's
New Halo's never use anything from previous Halo's.
New Call of Duty's dont use things from previous CoD's
New Guild Wars wont use things from previous GW's

Grow up kid, all new games use things from the past. Its what we are used to and it wont be something that changes the game completely around.

what we are used to means nothing when a merit system is meant to be the end of cap raising

we arent at that end yet so its not something to even think about]


if you want to reply to people commenting on your post, reply to the ones who made valid arguements not the 1 idiot who decided to post some whiny "dont copy 11" post