RE: Alchemist Stats
Personally, None of the alchemists native skills truely depend on Int for damage. Pharmacy does use it a bit, but??not to the extent of dex and luck.
They have homonculus, ATK based Armor breaking bleed inducing Ranged attack (Acid Terror), Atk based weapon breaking traps (Demonstration), Marine spheres (really fun, but damage done is based on how much HP they have left after you hit them, and when they go boom, they can hit you too),??and the ever popular Plant summons.??On top of that, they have merchant skills, Mammonite and Cart Revolution which both work??off of Physical Attack. On the defensive end, they have Chem protect which can??protect your equipment from getting broken or stripped. (this would be a godsend in a WoE situation, but it has it's uses in certain PVM situations as well)
Sure, it??means you have to go out and farm and make use of your class, and??use the things you would be stockpiling for the thing you??get after you make it to 99, if ever, and go through 45-50 more job levels as a regular merchant. But I still fail to see why people refuse to take advantage of an alchemists skills. Weapon Breaking effect on monsters means they'll have less attack, Armor breaking effect on monsters means they'll have less def.??Bleed is always a fun fun stat to play with be it PVP or PVM.
I favor High str builds with vit to get some healpower out of my potion pitcher. Dex would be moderate, with int to give me my 2nd fuel for Mammo-spam. Extravagant? Yes, Highly Annoying? To everyone, Yes. With this sort of build, I like a homunc that can??dish out damage quickly, or at least keep monsters/players occupied while I attack another target.
Good thing about Ganging up on stuffs with homunc, it looks like it works like normal partying, where each person/thing that hits a monster at least once causes a boost in exp. but you get all of the base exp regardless.
Alchemists today are WAAAAAAAY too conservative until they reach creator.
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