2011-01-24, 04:01 AM
Not maxing it only takes away 4% HP being healed, and a few seconds of duration. It's useless in training because you have to sit to get its heal.
As far as metal fist mastery goes, I've yet to cease using both Atomic, and Flamethrower. Atomic has a taller range than Punch, is able to hit mobs behind you, and as far as I've seen about if not the same range in front of you as Punch. Flamethrower may not be incredibly strong but it's great for when you're training on mobs you still miss on (as I have since my early 70s). Once you get to fourth job though, I imagine Flamethrower will be completely useless. Drill, not so much. Drill is easily my most used skill. It creates the mobs for you to use Atomic/Punch, whatever on. The added damage from Metal Fist is certainly worth losing a very small amount of HP healed from a useless training skill, and very barely more used in bosses.
As far as metal fist mastery goes, I've yet to cease using both Atomic, and Flamethrower. Atomic has a taller range than Punch, is able to hit mobs behind you, and as far as I've seen about if not the same range in front of you as Punch. Flamethrower may not be incredibly strong but it's great for when you're training on mobs you still miss on (as I have since my early 70s). Once you get to fourth job though, I imagine Flamethrower will be completely useless. Drill, not so much. Drill is easily my most used skill. It creates the mobs for you to use Atomic/Punch, whatever on. The added damage from Metal Fist is certainly worth losing a very small amount of HP healed from a useless training skill, and very barely more used in bosses.