Merits

[Raydeus]

I'm a RDM and capped MP not long ago (+80mp woo hoo!), and I will now focus on Convert recast.


So my question is:

In what order did you merit/plan to merit/wish you had merit stuff? It doesn't matter what job you are.



In my case I'll most likely go something like this:

MP > Convert Recast > Critical rate > Sword (5), Dagger (5) > Enfeebling skill > STR and DEX (2 each) > others stats.

[Suteru]

Re: Merits

Currently I've done 2x Enfeeb > 1x MP > 1x ice, 1xwind

I'm gonna max out enfeebling next,
max out MP
3 more wind an ice acc
2 into thunder
spell interrupt down

And after that I have no clue

[Davitron3000]

Re: Merits

I have been fairly random with my merits and kinda wished I had tried to concentrate
on one thing more... but I did upgrades like this so far:

2 in MP -> 1 in HP -> 1 in Sentinel recast -> 1 in +crit -> 2 in Shield skill -> 1 in +crit ->
1 in Evasion (crit and evasion are for ninja since I am leveling it now)

I really don't go out to merit party much, I kinda get limit points while doing other things so they come to me pretty slow.

EDIT: my plans for future merits are to cap shield skill, evasion skill, and + crit. After
that I am not sure...

[Tirrock]

Re: Merits

I put a few points into something, then go bump something else up...
Crit (3) > STR (3) > Avatar physical attack (2) > Avatar physical accuracy (1) > MP (4) > Dagger (3) > Crit (4)

I'd have done a few levels of hand to hand merits if I could have on WHM or SMN. Crit hit rate is really nice for any job that swings their weapons. >_> I did dagger for THF so I could get important WS a level early. MP was for PLD, BRD, and BST.

[Aeni]

Re: Merits

I wonder if this shouldn't be moved into the RDM forum. Sounds too job specific to me.

[Raydeus]

Re: Merits

I wonder if this shouldn't be moved into the RDM forum. Sounds too job specific to me.

How so?

[Icemage]

Re: Merits

It's a general discussion topic, since merits can be applied to any job, not just RDM.

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I've merited, in order:

Enmity -2
HP +10
Cure Cast Time -20% (WHM)
Enfeebling Magic +14

Future stuff:

HP to +80
Enfeebling Magic level 8
Evasion merit to max


Icemage

[TheGrandMom]

Re: Merits

Enfeebling magic is top priority for rdm, meriting sword AND dagger before it....HUH?

I merited my whm and I've started on blm now. Unfortunately my hnm ls doesn't utilize my rdm, which just happens to be my favorite job. ; ;

[Raydeus]

Re: Merits

Enfeebling magic is top priority for rdm, meriting sword AND dagger before it....HUH?

If I had any troubles sticking Enfs I would definitely merit Enf. skill first, but I don't, the only mobs that I've had some issues with are the last Demon wave in Dynamis Xarcabard. And by issues I mean having to cast sleep two or three times on the same mob.

But it's in the "to merit" list anyway

[Meth]

Re: Merits

I currently Merit BRD, and have pretty much been spending my merits on things that either help other jobs I'm leveling, or MP. For instance, I merited MP 3 times off the bat for leveling BLM (also 1 INT merit here), SMN, and RDM to 37. Then I moved on to leveling NIN, and merited 1 AGI, 3 EVA, and 3 Critical hit. I am not currently participating in end-game stuff, so I don't feel the need to merit any job specific stats. I've also merited 1 DEX for my next conquest; leveling THF.

[Aeolus]

Re: Merits

Can you merit +80HP and +80MP and maybe Str+5 say?

[Raydeus]

Re: Merits

Can you merit +80HP and +80MP and maybe Str+5 say?

You can merit HP/MP a combination of 8 upgrades, each upgrade is +10.

In my case I got +80 mp, but you can get +40 hp and +40mp etc.


Edit> Stats (str, vit etc.) can only be merit a combination of 5 times I think, I don't remeber

[Tirrock]

Re: Merits

You can hit up to +5 STR though, I believe.

Merits are seperated into categories.
HP/MP
Attributes
Combat Skills
Magic Skills
Others
Job Specific Skills

Attributes can be upgraded 5 times total. First upgrade in one attribute costs 3 merits (30k exp). Second costs 6 merits, third and any after that cost 9 merits an upgrade. So if you want +5STR, you'd need 3+6+9+9+9 merits. 36 merits, 360k exp.

[Raydeus]

Re: Merits

Yep I don't think there's a limit to +STR (not counting the 5/5 rule).

However I've been told that Convert recast has a 5 upgrades limit, I'll find out soon.

[Rodin]

Re: Merits

Here's how I will work on my merits, in order:

+MP (For WHM, BLM, RDM, SMN, and BST.)

+INT (For RDM and BLM)

+Elemental Magic (For BLM mostly, benefits RDM too)

+Staff Skill (For WHM, BLM, and SMN)

Spell Interruption Down (For all my jobs, lol)

Job Specifit Merits:

WHM:

Reduced Cure Casting Time

RDM:

Reduced Convert Time

BLM:

Thunder Magic Potency ( )

SMN:

Gonna have to talk to some SMNs for this ;o

BST:

No eff-in clue right now.