Merit Point Additions(07/22/2006)

[Razz]

They need to give DRK scythe mastery, and Drain2!

I have a feeling though it'll be something shitty like absorb effect enhancement or something useless.

Can't wait for the update.

[Slott]

they never announced they're nerfing avatar abilities. the only mention is if you spam bloodpact magic non stop such as 3 smn in a pt doing it. But hey you could always you know..mix it up? some smn do physical some do magic...

[Razz]

they never announced they're nerfing avatar abilities. Only if you spam them non stop like 3 smn in a pt doing it. But hey you could always you know..mix it up? some smn do physical some do magic...

The only avatar BPs that build resistance will be the magical ones, so say goodbye to Nether Blast spam!

[Jeryhn]

For the summons, my bet is on heavenly strike and thunderstorm. Those always seemed to be the strongest of the pacts we could never get, plus they went through blink Razz

I think all avatar abilities go through blink when you fight them inside BCs. When a prime SMN uses blizzagaII, hes not using it as a spell, its his own "Job ability."

So the game doesnt whipe all of your shadows or w/e, it just goes straight though blink like most other JA's would.

If they changed any of this then you can feel free to flame me lol, but thats how it was last time i fought avatar primes.

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You're going along the right thought-process, but the magic abilities of avatars that are single-target pass through shadows (as if they are job abilities). AoE Bloodpacts wipe them and do damage.

[Toth]

We still do not know if all magic will be lumped together toward building the resistance rate (Knowing SE though...) It is very possible that these new BPs will not be gimped at all. I just hope that each hit for at least 800-1k.

[solsovly]

DRG will rise again after this update /sarcasm off. Seriously one can hope right?

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[Bwelch]

Com'on song spellcasting decrease!

[Janice]

Com'on song spellcasting decrease!

Opereta II

[Bwelch]

Com'on song spellcasting decrease!

Opereta II

/drool

[Mufferino]

Com'on song spellcasting decrease!

Opereta II

/drool

Don't wanna go back and look... but Mass elegy would be a very good guess lol but seriously if i don't get pastoral II i'm killing myself

[Rocl]

RDM will get "Enthunder damage+" "Enwater damage+" etc

[Ichthyos]

Com'on song spellcasting decrease!

Opereta II

There's already a second Operetta isn't there? =X

[Elcura]

If RDMs get any spells it'll probably be Phalanx II (which looks AoE) or Confuse/Break/Virus/Grav II (most likely).

Refresh II/Refreshga aren't in the dats right now and probably won't be added so don't fool yourself thinking they'll add it.

Hoping to get Dia III as well... as for non-spells, the only thing I think that could make up for no Refresh II/Refreshga is having Refreshes duration go up...to like 5mins (wishful thinking LOL) and Haste's duration as well (maybe WHMs will get Haste potency too lol).

In anycase, RDMs will get for sure, 3-4 spells that we can't land on any existing HNM.

[Raivyn]

I'd settle for being allowed to cap h2h, evasion, katana, enfeebling, elemental, dark and ninjutsu all at the same time.

QFT

[Grey Jorildyn]

a paladin provoke-like ability would be nice too ._.

[Nagamaki]

This is nice of SE, adding new merits a few days after I finish my relic. I was gonna merit anyway, but with every category capped except Barspell merits for WHM it was getting sorta pointless.

Huge boo for only letting summoners know what's coming though, admittedly those BPs were the most obvious thing coming, but damn I want to know what they'll give MNK, and right now. How about making Boost temporarily increase your VIT as well as your attack? That would be just a little too much fun

[Celeras]

They want drks to use scythe more, so id bet on something like Scythe Mastery as well.

[Heavencloud]

Utsusemi: San anyone?

[Raivyn]

Needless to say I'm extremely curious to see what all the melee jobs get (bet ryko is too ). If SE is listening: it'd be really nice if you could cap each weapon merit category, seriously.

[Siatdiat]

a paladin provoke-like ability would be nice too ._.

Job abilities that make everything really easy would be nice, Im tired of this game taking effort ._.