Fun with Merits!

[Kailea]

Re: Fun with Merits!

HP lv4
MP lv4

Sword lv4 (plan on lv8)
Polearm lv8
Shield lv0 (planned lv2)
Parry lv2

+crit lv4
-crit lv4

Dragoon has lv1 in all of group 2 and once Dancer group 2 come out, I will see about meriting that job as well

(edited, forgot my crit merits)

[TheGrandMom]

Re: Fun with Merits!

This is me when I'm bouncing between whm, blm and rdm. I get used to certain macros (like Stoneskin, Sneak, etc) being in a certain spot. I'll play blm for a couple weeks and then I'm needed to come on rdm to something. Thats when

FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF I DON'T REMEMBER WHERE MY SHIT IS

kicks in and I'm scrabbling to get used to this jobs setup. As you get older, its a lot harder to think fast and REMEMBER shit. LOL Never thought this would happen to me when I was a younger gamer but I have to say, I'm losing my edge in my advanced age.

[Aksannyi]

Re: Fun with Merits!

Off topic, but we could make a whole new set of those FFFFFFFFUUUUUUUU pics related to FFXI.

[Omgwtfbbqkitten]

Re: Fun with Merits!

Dragtoon has lv1 in all of group 2 and once Dancer group 2 come out, I will see about meriting that job as well

I thought you hated calling them "toons."

[Aksannyi]

Re: Fun with Merits!

I caught that too but didn't want to say anything.

[Kailea]

Re: Fun with Merits!

I corrected it lol, misspelled -.- ....will have to say that was an ironic mistype *shrugs*

and yes I still do hate it ;p (for the record)

[Vyuru]

Re: Fun with Merits!

So, question.

I was under the impression that you could only fully merit one job's group 1/2 merits. So for instance if I tossed 5/5 merits into Jump, High Jump, Angon, and Deep Breathing, then I would not be able to put any group 1/2 merits at all into any other job without removing them from my Drg first.

Is this not the case then? I see people with plans for multiple job's group 1/2 merits. If so this changes everything then! :D

[Aksannyi]

Re: Fun with Merits!

You can cap job-specific merits for all jobs. Shared merits are magic skills, combat skills, and other general stuff that is shared between jobs.

[Vyuru]

Re: Fun with Merits!

OMG! This does change everything!!!!!!

That's the one thing that's been stopping me from taking up some jobs to 75, because I knew that I'd enjoy them but I'd be a sad kitty if I couldn't put some merits into their JA.

But now...

Kekekekekekekekekekee!

Current Merits:

Combat Merits
Polearm: 6/8
Sword: 2/8

HP/MP

MP: 2/8

Others

+crit: 4/4

Dragoon

Group II:
Angon: 1/5


Future Planned Merits

HP/MP

MP: 8/8 <<< 'cause meriting HP sucks.

Combat Merits
Fully merit sword and polearm skills. I'm not sure yet what I'll use the other 4 merits for in this category.

Attributes

Str 5/5 <<< this will be close to if not the last of all merits

Magic Skills

Blue Magic: 8/8
Other: ???

I've heard that Dark Magic Skill affects the potency of the Drain/Aspir Blu spells, and I know that Healing Magic affects the healing Blu spells, so I'll need to find out how the other Blu magical spells are affected by the various magic skills. I'd be rather interested If I could boost the damage on say Heat Breath by tossing merits into the Elemental Magic skill, or the damage to Eyes On Me by tossing merits into the Dark Magic skill.

Dragoon

Group I:

Jump: 5/5
High Jump: 5/5

Group II:

Angon: 5/5
Other: ???

Empathy looks nice, but I rarely join merit parties and I do not receive any buffs in most of the other activities that I do. My wyvern also rarely takes any serious amounts of damage, making shell/protect/stoneskin while solo not that attractive to me. I think I'm more inclined towards Deep Breathing, but we'll wait and see.


Blue Mage

Group I:
Chain Affinity Recast: 5/5
Burst Affinity Recast: 5/5

I want them both on the same timer because one of the main reasons for me to do a self SC as a Blu is so that I can MB MP Drainkiss and eventually Magic Hammer off of it. The added damage is nice, but I want that extra MP.

Group II:
Convergence: ?/5
Diffusion: 5/5
Other: ???

I know that I want Diffusion, and that I at least want the option for Convergence. I'll need to run some math though to figure out some things though. For instance if I merit Enchainment, then how many merits do I need to put into it for it to be really useful? For Assimilation, I may want the extra spell points, but right now I don't know how many extra I may want, so for those last few time will have to tell.

[TheGrandMom]

Re: Fun with Merits!

OMG! This does change everything!!!!!!

That's the one thing that's been stopping me from taking up some jobs to 75, because I knew that I'd enjoy them but I'd be a sad kitty if I couldn't put some merits into their JA.

But now...

Kekekekekekekekekekee!

Oh lordy! You all let the Vyuru kitty out of its cage! LOL

[Vyuru]

Re: Fun with Merits!

Oh lordy! You all let the Vyuru kitty out of its cage! LOL

The Vyuru kitty has been out of her cage for quite some time now. However she has only just now realized that the world is her oyster.

[Omgwtfbbqkitten]

Re: Fun with Merits!

Let's see:

COR Merits - Done.

5/5 QD Accuracy
5/5 QD Recast

5/5 Snake Eye
1/5 Fold
3/5 Winning Streak
1/5 Loaded Deck

Ranger

Don't much care about group 1, but Unlimited Shot and Rapid shot will go to 5/5

Reworking Group 2...

1/5 Flashy
3/5 Snapshot (5/5 Planned)
1/5 Recycle (4/5 Planned)

Kitten's Combat Merits

8/8 Marksmanship
8/8 Sword
4/4 Archery.

I'm probably going to downgrade Sword to 4/4 and raise Archery to 8/8. If I can't break into a higher tier of Sword for COR, its just not worth the bother. Its not like B- means much with my accuracy build anyway, I TPed just fine before all those merits, anyway.

Misc Kitten Merits.

2 MP merits, that's about it.


Scholar (Foobar)

3/5 Max Sublimation (5/5 planned)
3/5 Helix Magic Attack/Acc (5/5)

Group 2 TBD, waiting for info from update on that, but 5/5 Stromsurge without a doubt.

Bard Merits

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

BRD is dead, long live SCH, BST and RDM! I can't bear to play it without Singing or Wind skill merits, so not touching it.

Misc Foobar Merits.

4/4 MP and planning 4/4 HP just to tweak out Sublimation a little more.
2 Elemental and 2 Enfeebling Magic merits.

[Susurrus]

Re: Fun with Merits!

What I can think of:

(First number current/2nd number projected but not necessarily every gonna get)

HP/MP: I'm an MP whore.
MP: 7/8

Attributes: Paying 3 merits for an upgrade is too much imo, not to mention any more...so 1 max I think.
STR: 1/1
DEX: 0/1
VIT: 0/1
AGI: 0/1
INT: 0/1

Weapon: Sword is used by RDM and PLD, and I want to do BLU eventually too, so...
Sword: 6/8
Axe: 1/8
Evasion: 2/4

Magic: Still not sure what I want to do here so been kinda dodgy on meriting it.
Enfeebling: 1/?
Elemental: 1/?
???: 0/?

Others: Only category I am 100% done on. I didn't want to mess w/ enmity so this wasn't hard.
Critical Hit Rate: 4/4
Spell Interruption Rate: 4/4

White Mage:
Group 1: Pretty standard, this is what I find best for my situation.
Cure Cast Time: 2/5
Regen Spell Effect: 2/5
Group 2: I want at least one of every group 2 for my 75 jobs, I'm a spell/ability whore.
Martyr: 1/1
Devotion: 1/5
Protectra: 1/3
Shellra: 1/1

Black Mage:
Group 1: Most powerful spells are Blizzard and Thunder, so...
Ice Magic Potency: 1/5
Lightning Magic Potency 1/5
Group 2: Still a spell whore.
Flare II: 1/1
Freeze II: 1/3
Tornado II: 1/1
Quake II: 1/1
Burst II:1/3
Flood II: 1/1

Red Mage:
Group 1: Lightning for Thunder III & Stun. Wind for Gravity & Silence.
Wind Magic Accuracy: 1/5
Lightning Magic Accuracy: 1/5
Group 2: You guessed it, spell whore. Also, can't decide between Dia and Paralyze.
Dia III: 1/?
Slow II: 1/1
Paralyze II: 1/?
Phalanx II: 1/1
Bio III: 1/1
Blind II: 1/1

Beastmaster:
Group 1: Not sure what I wanna do here so...
All: 0/?
Group 2: Still a whore. Also, want to raise jug pet's level. Feral Howl got me out of a few predicaments as well...
Feral Howl: 1/3
Killer Instinct: 1/1
Beast Affinity: 1/5
Beast Healer: 1/1

Samurai:
Group 1: Other than Store TP, not sure how I want to do this...
Third Eye Recast: 0/?
Store TP Effect: 0/5
Meditate Recast: 0/?
Zanshin Attack Rate: 0/?
Group 2: Whorey two-shoes. Overwhelm seems a no brainer to max, blade bash could be good for sticky situations.
Shikikoyo: 1/1
Blade Bash: 1/3
Ikishoten: 1/1
Overwhelm: 1/5

Summoner:
Group 1: Avatar magic is crap to begin with, so gonna increase physical...
Avatar Physical Accuracy: 2/5
Avatar Physical Attack: 2/5
Group 2: Need one of each of course, being a whore and all. Don't know how I'm gonna do the upgrades, though.
Meteor Strike: 1/?
Heavenly Strike: 1/?
Wind Blade: 1/?
Geocrush: 1/?
Thunderstorm: 1/?
Grand Fall: 1/?

[Yellow Mage]

Re: Fun with Merits!

Misc Kitten Merits.

2 MP merits, that's about it.

This caught my attention. Why merit MP on your kitten character?

[Omgwtfbbqkitten]

Re: Fun with Merits!

This caught my attention. Why merit MP on your kitten character?

No reason to merit HP on the character and to help get a little more MP when I go /mage on various jobs or level a mage. Still need to get /RDM sub knocked out sometime.

I use /WHM and /BLU for COR in places, but not generally EXP/merit and no longer for solo since /DNC won out there. Also sometimes get use out of /WHM for RNG, if only for a minor boost to holy bolt procs and camping shikigami weapon for SMN friends.

Got 8/10 Limit points stored up for update, gonna knock out two more after a snack, then get Foobar parked out in Lower Jeuno before I call it a night. Probably should do Lure of the Wildcat on Kitten before I call it, just in the event its a requirement for the Jeuno Warp