meriting

k, here's the deal. I'm whm 75, all other jobs are 41 max, mainly because I truly love the job. Someday I may want to level up other jobs such as blm, rdm, nin or ranger ... but I haven't gotten to that point yet. I've been meriting off and on, and I'm about to be forced to chose to do four...

I know you all prolly do this regularly but as WHM I get naught for invites but today Kire intercepted me as I finished 3-3 and asked me to merit whm.. I changed jobs, unmuled, and got out there.. Saw Allexxa and Tupac (who lasted the whole pt, beyond me) and we cranked out 60k exp in one...

Okay, I have a few questions about merits in general, as well as some idea... but I'd like to have some of Quetz' finest give me some advice. I'm leveling Whm right now.. The main question I have is.. how many merits can I put per skill? On the site it shows.. White Mage Lv. Pattern: 1, 2, 3...