Idea: Merit system

[Nalien]

Merits aside, I do feel like XIV needs a new endgame progression system... Item level just really doesn't cut it, given it's largely redundant for the vast majority of content... Even then, stats and itemization in XIV are so barebones that item level increasing simply isn't remotely exciting... What's really the best we get? Extra Skill Speed granting an additional Fell Cleave during Inner Release? Can't think of anything other than that (and similar versions for other Jobs) that stat growth actually achieves, and I'm fairly certain that level of Skill Speed is achieved early on enough as to not be labelled as "endgame" progression...