Alternative Character Adavancement

[thewad]

Has there been any talk about this subject? Like merits FFXI?

[Wolfie]

More than half the game world still isn't being used for anything serious. I'll stick to vertical advancement for now.

[Coglin]

I like the idea, but of all the MMOs I have played, I, personally, would much prefere something similar to EQOAs Class mastery system over FFXIs merit system.

That being said, I do thing this is something for either 2.0 or after, perhaps the first exspansion after 2.0.

[Peptaru]

Adding a merit system just adds power to characters, it doesn't add diversity. 99% of all characters will still make their builds identical because it is deemed the best. I'm of the mind that characters are already strong enough (more than strong enough to steamroll current content) for now. Finding a way to add diversity COULD be neat, but adding more power isn't necessary.

[kris]

I don't think SE should be implenting any kind of merit, class mastery for now.
They should focus on other stuff first. Merits were only introduced at rank 75 in ffxi + this game is not even finished as yoshi P said. Maybe in a couple years i can see it happening.

[Elexia]

This is the purpose of the job system which we only have one part of it in 1.x.