Herc Reasons to Get One Or Not

Not necessarily on being solo, you don't work with a squad. Believe it or not, there are actually quite a few things a Veno with a Herc can't tank on their own and probably by the time they could, they don't really need that mob/boss unless they're doing it for someone else. (That made more sense in my head lol.)

And really, whether or not you get a Herc doesn't really reflect on how well you can play your role in a squad. I've met my share, as I'm sure others, of Venos with and without Hercs who both acted the fool or did their job awesomely.

And I'm not really sure if it's easier to get into a squad if you don't have a Herc. Honestly, I've been seeing more and more WCs or whatever requesting Venos with Hercs specifically...which I don't know why 'cause I think all that really matters is the experience and skill of the Veno...not what kind of pet they have in their bag...though, with the way you put it with that versus getting the money to get a Herc, I can see your reasoning (Unless, ofc, someone is using their daddy's CC or just have a good job or are good at getting money ingame lol).

sidenote: sorry if my text seems jumbled- my head still kinda woozy from an earlier dental surgery lol.

I would say the best reason not to get an herc is the investment/time involved. Ofc if you strongly believe you'll make it to endgame then the effort is relatively small when compared with acquiring endgame gear. Still i'm pretty sure a lot of people missed a lot of fun by investing too much of their time in this game just getting an herc.

Having said that, personal choice remains a very legitimate argument. I myself simply dislike the blubber boy. For both aesthetic reasons and bad ingame associations... Doesn't mean i won't recognize it is the absolute best pet you can get in the game. As a tool it simply has no substitute and deciding against one does mean living with the consequences of said choice.

If you're successful at merchanting, there's a good reason not to get a herc; at least not immediately. When merchanting, the amount of money you can make is proportional to your available funds.

Say there's a sale on guardian scrolls, 30% off. You had 700k in coin which you converted to gold before the sale, so you buy 700k worth of guardian scrolls. When the sale ends, you sell them for regular price at 1 million, for a net profit of 300k.

Now say you have 7 mil in coin. You buy 7 mil worth of guardian scrolls. When the sale ends, you sell them for regular price at10 million, for a net profit of 3 million. Same sale, same merchanting tactic, but you've made 10x as much profit simply because you started with 10x as much money.

So if you've managed to save up 70 mil for a herc and you're pretty good at merchanting, you probably don't want to get that herc just yet. If you do, your funds will be back down to zero, and you'll have to work on building up funds from scratch to merchant again. Instead, continue merchanting with that 70 mil. 30% sale comes, you buy 70 mil worth of items, and sell them for 100 million, for a net profit of 30 million.*

You should be able to double your money with a few sales. THEN you can get a herc AND still have 70 mil left over.

*Actually, once you get to this amount of coin, I wouldn't recommend merchanting in a single item. It's going to take you a long to sell that many of the same item, and simply by virtue of the enormous inventory you hold you will depress the market price for quite a while. You want to be merchanting multiple different items.

itd also behoove you to check around the market / wc for people searching for odd items. sometimes the ah carries these, and people dont even realize it. the other day someone was searching for curvades on sanc, found quite a few for 10k, made 300k ea off of them.