I think I have my merits figured out.

While at work today, I was really bored and started to look into what merits I should be working towards. I finally decided on the merits I will be focusing on, and wrote up the list which I figured i'd post here in case I forget and need to check ^^;

=Red Mage=

Currently have:

• Obtained Dia III
• Obtained Bio III
• Obtained Phalanx II
• Obtained Paralyze II[/list]

Need to get:

• Upgrade Dia III x1 (3pts)
• Upgrade Bio III x1(3pts)
• Upgrade Ice Magic Accuracy x5 (15pts)
• Upgrade Wind Magic Accuracy x3 (6pts)
• Upgrade Earth Magic Accuracy x2 (3pts)

I'm not going to bother learning Slow II or Blind II, because I don't really use these spells very often. I decided to upgrade both Dia III and Bio III because without upgrading them, the spells only last 30 seconds and because of the MP cost, its not worth it unless I can get them to last a minute. As for the Magic Accuracy, I can only apply a maximum of 5 upgrades to one spell, and so I figured since Paralyze is my most used enfeeble that i'd upgrade it all the way. And because I feel that having Wind (Gravity & Silence) as well as Earth (Slow) Magic merited, I went with a split but gave Wind one extra point just because there are two spells I use.

=Paladin=

Currently have:

• Obtained Chivalry

Need to get:

• Obtain Guardian (3pts)
• Upgrade Sentinel x5 (15pts)
• Upgrade Shield Bash x5 (15pts)
• Upgrade Chivalry x2 (9pts)
• Upgrade Guardian x2 (9pts)

With PLD, I'm only going to focus on having Chivalry (convert TP > MP) and Guardian (reduces emnity loss during Sentinel) because the upgrades offer very little improvement, so I might as well select 2 abilities and max them out. And the same applies to Sentinel and Shield Bash, might as well reduce the time for 2 abilities all the way, instead of only seeing a 10 second difference on "all" abilities. I chose Sentinel because its the most useful ability as PLD blocking a nice amount of dmg and Shield Bash because its a really effective stun ability and hate move.

=HP/MP=

Currently have:

• 2 MP Upgrades

Need to get:

• Upgrade MP x 6 (27pts)

Being Elvaan, I lack MP period, and while I am PLD and many PLDs merit HP, I don't see myself doing Kirin much or anything else that requires "mega HP". Also, as PLD having a bigger MP pool is very helpful for BCNMs, Missions and xp parties.

=Attributes=

Currently have:

• 1 Upgrade to VIT (which I plan to remove)

Need to get:

• Upgrade INT x5 (36pts)

Originally I wanted to beef up my PLD, but seeing as my VIT is already pretty good especially with gear, and seeing as I play on RDM much more often I decided to merit the one stat I lack as RDM = INT.

=Combat Skills=

Currently have:

• 6 Upgrades to Sword

Need to get:

• Upgrade to Sword Skill x2 (6pts)

I use sword as PLD and RDM, its the best weapon for both jobs so might as well merit it to full.

=Defensive Skills=

Currently have:

• 4/4 Upgrades for Shield Skill

Need to get: N/A

=Others=

Currently have:

• 2 Upgrades to Enmity +

Need to get:

• Upgrade Spell Interruption Rate x2 (7pts)

I wanted to add another 2 Emnity +, however I feel that the Spell Interruption Rate would benefit both my PLD and RDM so I decided to apply the last two upgrades from this category to that.

So, the total amount of merits I need to get? 157!!!

(Thanks to Xean for giving me advice on what should be meritted)