Well i finally made 75

[Randa_The_Kitsune]

after 2 long years I finally got whm to 75 now i'm faces with a new choice. Which abilties should i merit 1st? any of the new ones or shoudl i use my 1st 5 on hp/mp?

[Mog]

Re: Well i finally made 75

Why jobs are you considering to level? Are you going to continue working on your rdm and possibly black mage/summoner/blue mage? If so, I would merit those first and foremost with mp.

However, if you're done leveling mage-type jobs, consider meriting hp for the other 13 jobs.

[Mhurron]

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Slacker, I mean, congratulations.

I can't help you with the merits though.

[Randa_The_Kitsune]

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My highests jobs are mostly mage right now but i do plan to lvl DD and other MElee jobs one day. I was thinking 3 into mp and 2 into hp or something like that

[Irisjir Callard]

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PERSONALLY, I plan to stick my first several merits into regen potency, but that's for my whitemage, and not so much for "other jobs".

The only planning I have made as regards the "I'll be leveling other jobs eventually and I will need merits to match" is the decision to not merit -emnity or +emnity, either one. I will merit HP and MP before I level these as-yet-unidentifed other jobs. If possible, I also plan to merit evasion, I don't know if WHM gets that merit though.

[Ayrlie]

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if you were tarutaru i put all into hp

elvaan or galka i would have it all into mp

otherwise use your best judgment

[Randa_The_Kitsune]

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SO since i'm a mithra and well balanced i get 8 points to use in hp and mp so i should put 4 into each to balance it out more?

[Icemage]

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HP/MP isn't all that and a bag of chips for WHM (not to say it isn't useful, but...).

In order of "Things To Get" for WHM, I'd say:

- At least 1 level of Devotion tops the list. This ability is so good in so many ways. Transfers 25% of your current HP into MP for another party member. Amazing for merit parties (your RDM friends will worship you), and pretty good for HNM situations too!

- If you're into HNMs, Cure Casting Speed comes next. WHM's primary job is, at the core, to be main healer. Faster casting means people won't die as often. This is worth the maximum investment (5 levels, 15 merit points)

- Everything else is negotiable depending on what you're doing. Regen potency is always a good bet. 1 level of Martyr might be fun to tinker with if you like carrying a Medicine Ring with you, but be careful with it. Protectra V and Shellra V are OK, but not really that impressive (I think Shellra V is the more useful of the two overall, actually).

- For general merits, you can't really go wrong with HP/MP. If you don't play any tank jobs, -Enmity might be worth looking into as well.


Icemage

[Tirrock]

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I'm probably going with 3 HP - 5 MP on my mithra, only because max MP matters more at low levels than it does at high levels. 50 MP to a level 50 is huge. 30 (more) MP to a level 75 is a drop in the bucket.

Regen potency is awesome, definitely a good thing to merit. (If only because most of the other WHM specific merits in that category suck. You have cure cast time reduced, regen, or barely stronger bar spells or barely stronger banish spells.) Crit hit rate is very nice if you level any job that's dealing physical damage to stuff (not so much on RNG or COR though, since ranged WS can't crit, apparently).

Unless you do a lot of level capped stuff, I'd suggest getting regen potency or that new HP to MP merit.

[Shanisasha]

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I threw the first merit ever in MP (yay for breaking 1k) and the second in Regen before the new abilities came out. Going for devotion next, then maybe Martyr and finishing up Regen and cure casting.

After that? We'll see.

[Akai]

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id go balanced mp/hp merits, regen potency, cure cast, and devotion is pretty nice also