1: they are untradeable… it is realy pointless for me to have a leaf bug gem that increasses energy bolt skill lvl by 1, as i’m a priest. to trade it i would have to socket a random weapon and sell said weapon, wich sucks, for if buyer remove the gem it will be destroyed. destroyed, because they are 1 star gems, wich leads us to the second part.
2: they can’t level up, so if i go to all the effort of dropping one, it won’t matter that much, for it is only a +1 … maybe there is some skill that this is relevant, but really, mostly it won’t be… heal lvl 5, or heal lvl 6 are prety much the same. also, there is the trading problem, having it go to 2 stars would allow them to at least be tradeable…
3: they don’t stack… having 5 hanaming gems won’t give me +5 heal, wich would end the needs of clerics going into c2 just for more points in one skill… some would argue this would be OP, i can see reason in that, but i also think it is lame that i have to waste a rank just to have decent heals…
so… IMC, change these monster gems system, as of now, it sucks.