Itachi54647 Wrote:I have question about the Hermit skills.
Are the skills, Alchemist, meso up, and shadow mesos useful? (is it reccomended that you should put points into them?)
Of course Alch is useful, from back when all we had was Grims (and you were great stuff if you trained there) to now, Alch has never lost a tiny bit of use. Combine it with those fancy new pots from NLC, Sorcs and Barbs heal an amazing amount for their cost and'll do you good for the rest of your life. The earlier after finishing up SP you get it, the better. I did it as third skill the first time I made a hermit, and then on my second one right after SP, it's an immensely useful skill.
Meso Up, not so much. You'll get it before getting to Lord of Nig regardless, but you can hold off until you finish up on everything else besides Web and Shadow Mesosososos. Personally I got it before the aforementioned and Avenger, because I never found Avenger all that handy. Himes didn't come out first time round till I had it maxed and afterwards I still didn't care for it because with a bit of washing you can just as well go for the bottom of Newts, but that's more of a personal choice.
Shadow Meso on the other hand, has never once been a skill worth your time. Before all them fancy shammikafloody equips we have now, you'd do better damage than it at 12x/13x, now way earlier than that, Web has very limited uses itself but still more than Shadow Meso. Like holding Himes when killing the Tengumonster and not having someone mob them up for you. Anyone putting more than 1 point into these days is rather an idiot, in the past you could see it rarely used when a Zak went horribly wrong and you'd be in there after two and sommat hours, but that's easily solved by carrying a proper amount of stars, and Zak's more than 20 minutes nowadays are incredibly rare aside from solo's and maybe 6man runs not consisting of superduper people.
Meh