Q on merits

[Vyuru]

In a party currently a lvl 40 Blu with I think 2-3 sword merits on me. I've gotten sword skillups up to 123 sword skill, and it's not capped yet but I've ceased to get any further skillups, what's up? Shouldn't my merits be kicking in?
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Oh wait, a skillup, there we go!

[Omni]

Re: Q on merits

your merits affect your overall skill but do not affect the cap.

for instance, you said you had 2 merits right? so thats +4 skill.

let's say that cap at lv. 40 for sword on blu is 120 (i dont know the real cap, dont feel like looking it up).

when you open up ur menu and look in combat skills, it says 123 in white. why isnt it capped when 120 is the cap at lvl 40?

that's because merits come are added on after the fact. your 'real' skill is 119+4 = 123. which is why its not in blue yet, because its 119/120.

when you skill up some more, watch for what it says the level you reached. it should be 4 less than what it says in your combat skills menu.

so say you skill up more, it'll say something like:

blahblah sword skill increases by 0.1
blahblah reaches sword skill 120!

hope that made sense.

[LilithAngel]

Re: Q on merits

Your current Sword skill is, in all actuality, 115.

The cap at 40 BLU is 123, and with 2 Sword merits, that's an additional 8 skill levels on top of that, so when your sword skill would be capped, it would actually read 131.

Your skill not going up is probably just the effect of trying to "eyeball" the rate. It probably is going as a good clip, but just be aware that a cap of 131 is just below the cap of a level 43 BLU, so skill ups will probably be slow due to your skill level being slightly above your actual level (it's the same effect of fighting a mob a few levels below your level: skill ups will be slow).

[Durahansolo]

Re: Q on merits

with 2 Sword merits, that's an additional 8 skill levels on top of that

I thought each merit gave +2 points, so wouldn't 2 merits give +4 Sword Skill for a total cap of 127 instead of 131, or am I reading your response wrong.

[Mhurron]

Re: Q on merits

Ya I think Liliths been drinking too much sake again.

[Susurrus]

Re: Q on merits

Here's best way to look at it:

Imagine you had a piece of gear that said "Sword Skill +2" for each merit you have on Sword. Works the same way.