Homunculus

[Kaoreii]

Having wandered my way to another server than actually, you know, has homun (and since I'm playing an alchie there) this thread makes me lol.

Homun are -not- automatically 'lol uber and OP'. First of all, if you do the homun quest the MINUTE you jobchange into Alchemist, first of all, you've already leveled a merchant. Congrats. :D Then you have to wait, what, 17 job levels...no...more like 27...to be able to use the homun skills (which eat up 7 skill points) and have enough chance to brew that you're not pissing your money into the wind (with level 10 DC, every homun attempt costs 65k. I know with the eco here that doesn't seem like much, but for someone new that's a lot) when you make your embryos.

THEN, you make an embryo finally, and it pops out a homun you DO NOT WANT. Then you have to spend 65k ovar and ovar again until you get the one you want.

I think to get my Amistr on the other server it took me more than two mil in embryos. 2 mil may not sound like much for some people, but when you have to farm for an hour or two for every 65k you spend.... yea.

Then you finally get the homun you want. Yay!

Homun start at level 1.

So it takes about a day of solid leveling to get them even remotely close to where you are to use them effectively. Leveling on things that give the alchie really bad experience, thus stalling the chemist's leveling. Plus, unless you get the food from drops on what you kill, it's not free.

Homun are Gravity's "sorry for gimping leveling with your class so bad" apology presents.

So while it makes it easier in the end...it's a lot of work and time to get there.

Kinda like gear hunting.

See what I did there?