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70+ MNKs: A Merit Point discussion.
What this thread is not:
This is not a thread discussing how much a waste of time Merit Points are or are not. I don't want your opinion on the act of spending time getting Merit Points, that's for another thread.
What this thread is:
The nature of this thread is for high-level MNKs (typically in the 70-75 range do people get to experience HNM encounters) with actual endgame experience (such as fighting HNMs using Chi Blast as their main source of damage) to impart their opinion on the wisest way to invest Merit Points.
With that out of the way, let's get to the meat of the discussion:
One can say with a degree of confidence that Merit Points are almost directly implemented to enhance your endgame experiences. The bonuses off these points are attainable only by highest levels, and thus are mostly wasted in EXP situations, and effectively pointless for farming (because you typically farm mobs you can defeat without issue at high levels).
If you accept the above observations to be true (that Merit Points don't help appreciably with your main character in EXP situations or in farming), we move onto Merit Points and endgame encounters with respect to MNKs.
A MNK is effectively a backline Chi Blast nuker on many HNMs (particularly very hard to hit ones such as Byakko, HNMs with ridiculous defense such as Asphicodelene (sp?) , or HNMs with nasty AE attacks such as Kirin, King Behemoth, etc.
What I am getting at is this: Do you, as an endgame Monk, believe the wisest and most effective use of Stat Merit Points would be diverting all Stat Merit Points into the MIND stat to further along your Chi Blast damage and fulfill a large portion of your endgame role as a damage dealer via Chi Blast?
So, let's discuss!
This is not a thread discussing how much a waste of time Merit Points are or are not. I don't want your opinion on the act of spending time getting Merit Points, that's for another thread.
What this thread is:
The nature of this thread is for high-level MNKs (typically in the 70-75 range do people get to experience HNM encounters) with actual endgame experience (such as fighting HNMs using Chi Blast as their main source of damage) to impart their opinion on the wisest way to invest Merit Points.
With that out of the way, let's get to the meat of the discussion:
One can say with a degree of confidence that Merit Points are almost directly implemented to enhance your endgame experiences. The bonuses off these points are attainable only by highest levels, and thus are mostly wasted in EXP situations, and effectively pointless for farming (because you typically farm mobs you can defeat without issue at high levels).
If you accept the above observations to be true (that Merit Points don't help appreciably with your main character in EXP situations or in farming), we move onto Merit Points and endgame encounters with respect to MNKs.
A MNK is effectively a backline Chi Blast nuker on many HNMs (particularly very hard to hit ones such as Byakko, HNMs with ridiculous defense such as Asphicodelene (sp?) , or HNMs with nasty AE attacks such as Kirin, King Behemoth, etc.
What I am getting at is this: Do you, as an endgame Monk, believe the wisest and most effective use of Stat Merit Points would be diverting all Stat Merit Points into the MIND stat to further along your Chi Blast damage and fulfill a large portion of your endgame role as a damage dealer via Chi Blast?
So, let's discuss!
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