One of the biggest issues that I’ve had with Alchemist was that outside of potions and Item Awakening, he’s incredibly useless. Sure, I could go Alchemist C3 and gain one damage skill, but that’s a huge investment for little gain. I hate to draw comparisons, but I feel it must be said: Alchemists in TOS are a pale mockery of the fun and dynamic class they were in RO. I cannot craft anything unique or high in demand outside of HP/SP Pots, and maybe Crit Attack pots; the rest I’ve never, ever seen anyone ask for.
I could sell pots I made in the market, effectively making a money-making build, but the potions have so little to no variance that it ultimately comes down to who sells the cheapest, and how low can I go without making a profit loss. With RO Alchemists, I could at least take materials I have, rare ones, and make pots that might actually be useful, and that’s not even counting the Acid Demo which effectively trades away 10k Zeny for an extremely volatile high DPS splurge of raw power.
I don’t know. I’ve been racking my brain whether I should keep Alchemist or not, in hopes they may actually do something to Alchemist that isn’t completely boring or useless in almost every aspect.