Merit Point Adjustments!

[Forte]

On SCH I capped ELE and ENF... but SMN is my main. I wonder if I should max SMN or go with something else. I'm not hurting on SMN skill...

[MaachaQ]

Would also like to point out that now BRD can max all 3 of their musical skills :D

I can cap my March with only my horn already... why would I need more skills? >.> Unless they add a new tier of March soon that needs more skill than the current Marches, I will likely be removing all my singing/wind merits in favor of my other jobs >.>

[Atoreis]

Wonderful adjustment.

Now I'll be out meriting again! Wooo. Should probably get my merits up and ready for when the update comes...Gotta think about what combat skills i want to cap. Already have h2h up there, other ones... Eh?

Going to need 2 trips to take STR from 5 to 8, I'll probably work on Critical hit rate to 5 from 4 first though.

Mmmm, Merit work.

inb4
5 to 6 - 12 merits
6 to 7 - 15 merits
7 to 8 - 18 merits

[Indalecia]

Hurray, now SMN magic doesn't have to take up the lions share of magic points. Now to have the other 3 fight over cappage.

[Classikmage]

Ok, as awesome as this is, I've been wanting it for a hell of a long time. But now I'm indecisive on magic points.. I love BLM and WHM. I have elemental/enfeebling merited for years and it's not changing. But what do I do with the new 8 skill points. Dark Magic or Enhancing Magic. Both have their awesome points, and RDM could benefit from both skills. But idk which I want more... God damn you SE!! why couldn't you give us 16 points of skill in magic, lol. XD

[Fiarlia]

I currently have Enfeebling/Elemental. I'm probably going to do Blue Magic next, but I'm also debating dropping Enfeebling or Elemental for Dark Magic. As of right now, Elemental/Enfeebling is not needed, but at 99, might be worthwhile again. Too hard to tell.

[Malacite]

Since they jacked Attributes from 5-8 it woulda been nice if they dropped the cost a bit.

Yeah abyssea is fast & all but 9 merits per increase is still a bit much... so it's 3>6>9>9>9>9>9<9 or 63k EXP, or about 3 trips into abyssea if you spend some points prior to going in. Still seems just a tad excessive.

[NynJa]

The rate you get xp in abyssea makes this quick and painless. I think I've rotted easily 1 mil worth of xp just from farming empyrians

[Aurara]

............9 merits per increase isnt "a bit much" stop bitching and hey, nice progress on your Masamune, im at 14/50 gems myself.

[Zag]

sorry to change the subject, But i love your sig Aurara. I remember that day when he posted that. I could not stop laughing.

Anyways, 9 merits isnt shit anymore with abyssea exp. I remember killing birds for 9 merits and hating it but in abyssea you can probably get that in 1 hour now. And if it stays 9 > 9 > 9 then you only need 1 trip to abyssea.

Burn merits on update day, get 9-18 merits in abyssea, leave and burn that.

[Malacite]

............9 merits per increase isnt "a bit much" stop bitching and hey, nice progress on your Masamune, im at 14/50 gems myself.

It absolutely is a bit much lol, nearly half the merits you can hold at a given time for 1 increase. But in the grand scheme of things yeah it's a minor nuisance at best.

And no, my Gem progress has been horrendously slow >.<; largely due to lack of aid. Been trying to get into a half decent shell for over 2 weeks now but I'm convinced that either the majority of the good shells either aren't recruiting or just plain don't want me which is pushing me more and more towards paying the stupid $30 to switch servers, even though I'd be leaving all my "friends" behind.

[Clash Perez]

Your reputation will follow you.

Level NIN, and fork out the cash for a second account and level WHM on it.

[Gun-it]

It absolutely is a bit much lol, nearly half the merits you can hold at a given time for 1 increase. But in the grand scheme of things yeah it's a minor nuisance at best.

And no, my Gem progress has been horrendously slow >.<; largely due to lack of aid. Been trying to get into a half decent shell for over 2 weeks now but I'm convinced that either the majority of the good shells either aren't recruiting or just plain don't want me which is pushing me more and more towards paying the stupid $30 to switch servers, even though I'd be leaving all my "friends" behind.

friends wont help with gems? lol

[Skylark]

He constantly shouts in Jeuno for an emp shell that he can join because {Masamune} {I'm Interested}

[Cail]

Complaining about stat merits being 9 merits because its nearly half ur maximum merit pool is one of the dumbest things I've read on here. It was what, 2 months ago or something where max merits was 10? Don't remember reading many complaints that OMG i need to use 9/10 of my merits on stats! /whine

[Draylo]

Should try what the people here do, they shout for Briarius 14/xx, all items except helm freelot!!

[Charismatic]

Complaining about stat merits being 9 merits because its nearly half ur maximum merit pool is one of the dumbest things I've read on here. It was what, 2 months ago or something where max merits was 10? Don't remember reading many complaints that OMG i need to use 9/10 of my merits on stats! /whine

I swear to you that Abyssea has made nearly everyone retarded. I am not kidding when I saw I'm seeing more and more previously competent players say and do some of the dumbest shit of all time, so just think about the effects on the players who were already terrible. These are sad, dark times we're in.

[mallister]

dunno man, the bar was already set pretty low.

[Charismatic]

Abyssea ushered in an era that proves that the bar can always go lower.

[Kaisha]

Abyssea ushered in an era that proves that the bar can always go lower.

Can't wait for the next batch of future DLC add-ons set the bar even lower because ez-mode sells.