Merit Progress
Having been sick for the last 4 days, and not being able to talk pretty much put me at home for the last 3 days from work. So I took this chance to catch up on some long over due merits. Here is my current status:
Merits:
HP: Stage 5 / +50HP / 15 pts
MP: Stage 3 / +30MP / 6 pts
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Strength: Stage 1 / +1str / 3 pts
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Elemental Magic: Stage 4 / +8 skill / 9 pt
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Critical Hit%: Stage 4 / +4% / 10 pt
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Katana Skill: Stage 6 / +12 skill / 15pt
Hand to Hand Skill: Stage 2 / +4 skill / 3pt
Evasion Skill: Stage 4 / +8 skill / 9 pt
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Lighting Potency: Stage 5 / +10% / 15 pt
Ice Potency: Stage 5 / +10% / 15 pt
Kick Attack: Stage 5 / +5% / 15 pt
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Total Points Used: 115
I finally finished my HP/MP merits, with the final of 50HP and 30MP. The 50 HP puts my PLD at 1701 w/o food, with about 330 MP for straight up tanking. The 30 MP should help out my bard and blm as well, but probably not a big deal.
Put 1 merit into str so far, but decided to hold off on that until I capped my Elemental Magic first... Or I thought about spliting the 8 points I get into magic skills. 4 for elemental, and 4 for enfeebling. Thats pretty much why I still only have 4 in elemental magic. Elemental magic is such a touchy subject. Some blm swares by it, and some says its still all chance. And since elemental magic doesn't raise any cap in nuke damage, is it really worth capping it? Against HNMs, BLM is going to get resisted no matter what. Still debating this.
So as it stands, I still need roughly 36 Merit points to finish off magic, and cap Strength. After that, I think I'll be ready to start another job again for a nice change of pace.
I know I'm quite a bit behind other ppl I know, some with 200-300+ merits under their belt. But I think after capping HP/MP, and Stats, I should be pretty well off on starting the next job. The only thing I'm interested in meriting in the "other" section is Reducing Enemy critical hit rate, since I have no interest in doing +/- enmity at all. I just need to find someone who's put merits into the enemy critical hit rate, and find out if its even worth the time.
Merits:
HP: Stage 5 / +50HP / 15 pts
MP: Stage 3 / +30MP / 6 pts
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Strength: Stage 1 / +1str / 3 pts
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Elemental Magic: Stage 4 / +8 skill / 9 pt
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Critical Hit%: Stage 4 / +4% / 10 pt
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Katana Skill: Stage 6 / +12 skill / 15pt
Hand to Hand Skill: Stage 2 / +4 skill / 3pt
Evasion Skill: Stage 4 / +8 skill / 9 pt
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Lighting Potency: Stage 5 / +10% / 15 pt
Ice Potency: Stage 5 / +10% / 15 pt
Kick Attack: Stage 5 / +5% / 15 pt
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Total Points Used: 115
I finally finished my HP/MP merits, with the final of 50HP and 30MP. The 50 HP puts my PLD at 1701 w/o food, with about 330 MP for straight up tanking. The 30 MP should help out my bard and blm as well, but probably not a big deal.
Put 1 merit into str so far, but decided to hold off on that until I capped my Elemental Magic first... Or I thought about spliting the 8 points I get into magic skills. 4 for elemental, and 4 for enfeebling. Thats pretty much why I still only have 4 in elemental magic. Elemental magic is such a touchy subject. Some blm swares by it, and some says its still all chance. And since elemental magic doesn't raise any cap in nuke damage, is it really worth capping it? Against HNMs, BLM is going to get resisted no matter what. Still debating this.
So as it stands, I still need roughly 36 Merit points to finish off magic, and cap Strength. After that, I think I'll be ready to start another job again for a nice change of pace.
I know I'm quite a bit behind other ppl I know, some with 200-300+ merits under their belt. But I think after capping HP/MP, and Stats, I should be pretty well off on starting the next job. The only thing I'm interested in meriting in the "other" section is Reducing Enemy critical hit rate, since I have no interest in doing +/- enmity at all. I just need to find someone who's put merits into the enemy critical hit rate, and find out if its even worth the time.