Optimum Merit Set Up

[Malacite]

So, I'm just curious what is the optimum set up for getting the most LP/hour possible?

I don't really want to hear about gear for now, just curious as to which camp and job combinations?

I've been told mixed things on various forums, but I know RDM + COR + BRD is key, as can be a very good DRG/RDM (though others say /BLU for Foot Kick & Power Attack as HB triggers)


Lately I've been considering either DRG or COR as my meriting job (I hate BRD to death and have sworn it off forever) but I may just stick to SAM using Polearm Merits idk (I wanna get DRG 75 anyway however)

[Taint]

North Camp Mamool Ja

DRK/SAM SAM/WAR BRD/WHM BRD/NIN COR/RNG RDM/WHM

[Jurgen]

I've had the greatest XP/hr with RDM, DD COR, BRD, WAR/SAM, SAM/WAR x2 at birds. I would imagine you could get even higher xp/hr if you had Mamool Ja SP all to yourself, pwning Skoffins and Mamool with COR/WAR roll, but on Odin there are always parties ruining your camps at North Mamool Ja.

[frodnonnag]

brd, cor(dd), smn(me, haste, howl and heal), and 3 dd, middle camp birds. broke something like chain 250 before people had to leave.

[donnie]

rdm, brd, cor and 3x war/sam or sam/war with polearm bird camp. and You pull birds and wivres, other then that, the players should follow these mechanics
1- we use to make sure we dont lose chain is having the brd macro " pulling wivre Next <call21>" so that melees save TP, meditate etc on current bird.
2- puller should not pull wivre back to back.
3- cor should come /whm and focus on erase, cure , and use QD only for damage. there are very few rdms that can pull this off being the only mage job in PT.

we have been getting 30-32k/1hr using this method, also sometimes we use whm instead of rdm, who can auspice, and use holy on wivres. which worked fine if brd gives him ballad and cor gives him evokers+ the mp from sublimination

[Davricle]

So you had 7 people in your merit pt?

[Callisto]

The best I've seen myself is WAR/SAM SAM/WAR DRK/SAM COR/WAR BRD/whatev WHM/SCH or RDM/WHM at MMJSP, I prefer middle but North is good too. Chaos/Samurai/March/March, we were killing so quickly the DRG Mamools couldn't even pop Wyverns, came out 29.8k/hr according to my ExpWatch.

[Syrala]

I've always wondered if SMN could survive at birds. Garuda's hastega only lasts like 1.5mins and costs 100+ mp right? Assuming the DD's aren't subbing NIN, does SMN have enough curing potential to keep up?

For me, I either go rdm or war, usually rdm, mainly because I can 2box another rdm and have infinite mp. This lets our DD's sub w/e they want.

RDM COR(DD) BRD WAR DRG DRG has been my best setup, granted i was 2boxing healers. It's very tough to keep up haste and heal a bunch of DRG/WARs with just 1 rdm.

[Reiokyu]

Hmmm, I do not know much since I am unanimously not part of these set ups due to my job distribution. From what I could gather is much along the lines of what people above have said.

2x support, preferred that there are one of each, a bard and a corsair
4x piercing capable DD's war/sam, sam/war, drg/sam, etc.
Greater lolibri.

...if there is a lack of competition, or competition that does not measure up to that...congratulations...you have a ton of xp/hour, possibly at the cost of another groups chain if there is competition about.

[isladar]

The best I've seen myself is WAR/SAM SAM/WAR DRK/SAM COR/WAR BRD/whatev WHM/SCH or RDM/WHM at MMJSP, I prefer middle but North is good too. Chaos/Samurai/March/March, we were killing so quickly the DRG Mamools couldn't even pop Wyverns, came out 29.8k/hr according to my ExpWatch.

This. MMJSP is the only way to fly.

[Therin]

I like:

DRG/SAM (angon for wivres)
DRK/SAM
WAR or SAM with polearm
COR
BRD
RDM

Bird camp. 2. March, Chaos roll and SAM or WAR roll depending on which of those two jobs you have.

This works well for mamool too if the DRG holds angon for high evasion mobs.

[Ultimagi]

Warrior/Samurai
Dragoon/Samurai
Dark Knight/Samurai
Bard/Ninja
Corsair/Red Mage
White Mage/Scholar

[Khamsin]

Best merit PT setup is: SMN SMN SM-- I mean, uh.. WAR WAR WAR RDM BRD BRD.

[Damane]

my best pt was with BRD BRD RDM COR (full dd orienteded gearwas (me)) NIN DRG. Shit was melting like ice, according to exp watch 34 k exp/hour.

[frodnonnag]

I've always wondered if SMN could survive at birds. Garuda's hastega only lasts like 1.5mins and costs 100+ mp right? Assuming the DD's aren't subbing NIN, does SMN have enough curing potential to keep up?

hastega can last 3 minutes, the same as regular haste, when the summoner has +30 skill, so its not an issue of keeping it up. curewise i do ok, not even using light staff, the only tricky thing is back to back pecks on a dd with no shadows.

summoner really has enough to mainheal bird or mmj, might struggle with skoffin. whats good about getting smn into merits though is hastega and ecliptic howl on a full moon, or if you find a smn with a +60 build, rolling thunder and thf or mnk dd.

[Jak]

A couple of times it's been mentioned the Cor using Drk+War/Sam/Etc. but is it still true that Drk+Cor rolls are better and end up giving more XP than two melee rolls?

I only ask b/c I don't parse and I've always held this to be true and bitch people out when they want two melee rolls when we are over-killing mobs.

Just curious if it's "optimum" to use Cor roll still or if things have changed. (And yes I know when to use two melee roll and when not to.. aka sucky PT v/s good PT).

[Shenrien]

I usually roll with;

WHM/SCH
SAM/WAR
SAM/WAR
BRD/NIN
COR/WAR
DRG/SAM

shit dies to fast to take any damage.
last PT I made hit up to 26.5k/hr at MMJSP sat out in the middle even took out the air elemental when he spawned, he didn't know what hit him.

[Callisto]

I've never actually managed to overkill at MMJSP when dragging in Skoffins and such, if they didn't mess with chain I would think 2nd Melee + Wivres may outdo COR roll at Nyzul Birds, but then there's also the multi-relic parties that can still overkill even on those, so not sure.

[Gergall]

Best merit PT setup is: SMN SMN SM-- I mean, uh.. WAR WAR WAR RDM BRD BRD.

Hahaha. Speaking of SMN burn...

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However, to post threads asking or describing how to do it is no more advanced than asking or describing your favorite merit camps or what party setup you prefer.

Emphasis mine. Whoops =)

[Darlantan]

Best exp/hour I have had has always came from 3 DD, RDM, BRDx2/BRD&COR parties, either at MMJSP or at colibris taking all the birds reach-able and killing wivres/mamools till other birds repop. I have never had the privilege to merit in a 2 DD, 3 support and 1 healer party, though.