I recently used up some of my merits and added to my MP,INT, and Elemental magic. Being Elvan i'm base gimped on a few areas Int and MP particularly. What I'm wondering is what some other Elvan mages apply merits too. From what I've done so far I noticed a huge difference in my BLM. I hit 51 this weekend with BLM and can use my staves again. From what Damage I was doing before I could equip my staves, to what I'm doing now is night and day. I have not sat down and tried to test the differences, but it is noticable. So if your upgrading your base stats with merits I would like to know what others are doing.
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