Nasomi Community FFXI Server :: What to use 1st merit points on?

Sword and shield are both quality choices. I would cap those two before much else, but getting a point or two in enmity if that's your thing isn't a bad choice either. HP's nice but shouldn't be a priority past the first couple merits unless you've got a consistent, high volume source of merit points. Chivalry's good, worth the points, but the long cooldown limits its utility outside of a few HNMs and sky fights (Kirin, specifically). Sentinel cooldown's also pretty nice, but takes a large point investment to get to the point where you notice a difference. Divine's not worth meriting until you're fighting HNMs and have nothing else to merit. Same story for healing magic skill, each skill only adds roughly 1-2 HP onto Cure 4 so I'm not sure it's even worth the investment.

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Sword, parry, and shield are good. Enmity's good. Spell interrupt's situationally good if you can supplement it with 5/5 iron will (if it even works, I haven't tested) and knightly earring/valor legs. HP's good til it gets expensive.

Author:	EmeraldxWeapon [ Sat Jul 06, 2019 10:15 am ]
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Fresh 75 PLD, unsure what to use merit points on first. Does Chivalry work on Nasomi? Because then probably Chivalry right?

Author:	The_Carrot [ Sun Jul 07, 2019 10:05 am ]
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EmeraldxWeapon wrote: Fresh 75 PLD, unsure what to use merit points on first. Does Chivalry work on Nasomi? Because then probably Chivalry right? Chivalry works Fealty does not Sword/Shield/Evasion/Parry skill are handy, Healing Magic skill helps a bit. I'm working on shield 1st myself seems to be what I'm going to get the biggest initial help from.

Author:	Entry [ Thu Jul 11, 2019 7:21 pm ]
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Sword and shield are both quality choices. I would cap those two before much else, but getting a point or two in enmity if that's your thing isn't a bad choice either. HP's nice but shouldn't be a priority past the first couple merits unless you've got a consistent, high volume source of merit points. Chivalry's good, worth the points, but the long cooldown limits its utility outside of a few HNMs and sky fights (Kirin, specifically). Sentinel cooldown's also pretty nice, but takes a large point investment to get to the point where you notice a difference. Divine's not worth meriting until you're fighting HNMs and have nothing else to merit. Same story for healing magic skill, each skill only adds roughly 1-2 HP onto Cure 4 so I'm not sure it's even worth the investment. tldr Sword, parry, and shield are good. Enmity's good. Spell interrupt's situationally good if you can supplement it with 5/5 iron will (if it even works, I haven't tested) and knightly earring/valor legs. HP's good til it gets expensive.

Author:	Rubicund [ Thu Jul 11, 2019 7:27 pm ]
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Entry wrote: Sword and shield are both quality choices. I would cap those two before much else, but getting a point or two in enmity if that's your thing isn't a bad choice either. HP's nice but shouldn't be a priority past the first couple merits unless you've got a consistent, high volume source of merit points. Chivalry's good, worth the points, but the long cooldown limits its utility outside of a few HNMs and sky fights (Kirin, specifically). Sentinel cooldown's also pretty nice, but takes a large point investment to get to the point where you notice a difference. Divine's not worth meriting until you're fighting HNMs and have nothing else to merit. Same story for healing magic skill, each skill only adds roughly 1-2 HP onto Cure 4 so I'm not sure it's even worth the investment. tldr Sword, parry, and shield are good. Enmity's good. Spell interrupt's situationally good if you can supplement it with 5/5 iron will (if it even works, I haven't tested) and knightly earring/valor legs. HP's good til it gets expensive. I am not a 75 PLD but I agree with Entry. Weapons always a first for melee type jobs. Shield for sure. In addition, I recommend STR last since it's a pain to max out and it's better to keep this for last in my opinion (and other 75's opinion too). Grats on 75 man!

Author:	EmeraldxWeapon [ Thu Jul 11, 2019 8:30 pm ]
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Thank you very much for all the information

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Author:	HenryUryte [ Sat Dec 13, 2025 4:26 am ]
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Ein Arbeitskollege in Chur erzählte mir in der Kaffeepause, dass er am Wochenende online gepokert hat und viel Spaß hatte. Das klang verlockend. Abends habe ich es mir gemütlich gemacht und rolldorado besucht. Ich spielte Texas Hold'em gegen andere Nutzer. Ich hatte echt miese Karten und wollte fast folden, entschied mich aber für einen gewagten Bluff. Der Gegner fiel drauf rein und stieg aus! Ich strich den Pot ein und fühlte mich wie ein Profi. Es ist schon witzig, wie viel Psychologie auch online dabei ist.

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