Either because you get them too late, or they don't fill a useful role that someone else doesn't already do better, they just don't seem to be all that useful.
I'm currently playing The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age, which I'm enjoying a lot. Had a RPG and a TLotR craving at the same time, plus I dig the FFX battle system. Anyways, I'm at the beginning of the Minas Tirith chapter, and Morwen is just...okay. She takes forever to get better gear for, so she's gimped for most of the Plains of Rohan. I suppose her speed, thief skills, and consistent multi-hits are decent, but Elegost and Idrial should have solid speed at this point, and Idrial can buff anyone at this point. Lightcrafting can also grant Haste of the Elves, and that can be given to anyone. Eaoden and Berethor are about average in speed, and Hadhod doesn't really need speed because of Crippling Smash and Taunt + Counter Attack and Mountain Shield combo.
Her Thief Craft lets her be a bit self-sufficient and adds something, but her heavy focus on items seems...not useful. As long as you have the proper skills, you don't really need items all that much, and it takes so long to itemcraft. Should I go back and grind? Don't really need to.
Note that I am playing on Medium, so maybe she's more worth the time on Hard, but she doesn't seem offer much in terms of any of her skills ASIDE from maybe pulling a rare weapon (3rd Age Battle Axe of Khazadum from the Orc general at the beginning of Osgiliath).
So anyway, I just was curious if anyone had any other notable RPG party members that are just so damn useless or simply not worth the time.
Note that this can also extend to monsters in Pokemon and similar RPGs
I'm currently playing The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age, which I'm enjoying a lot. Had a RPG and a TLotR craving at the same time, plus I dig the FFX battle system. Anyways, I'm at the beginning of the Minas Tirith chapter, and Morwen is just...okay. She takes forever to get better gear for, so she's gimped for most of the Plains of Rohan. I suppose her speed, thief skills, and consistent multi-hits are decent, but Elegost and Idrial should have solid speed at this point, and Idrial can buff anyone at this point. Lightcrafting can also grant Haste of the Elves, and that can be given to anyone. Eaoden and Berethor are about average in speed, and Hadhod doesn't really need speed because of Crippling Smash and Taunt + Counter Attack and Mountain Shield combo.
Her Thief Craft lets her be a bit self-sufficient and adds something, but her heavy focus on items seems...not useful. As long as you have the proper skills, you don't really need items all that much, and it takes so long to itemcraft. Should I go back and grind? Don't really need to.
Note that I am playing on Medium, so maybe she's more worth the time on Hard, but she doesn't seem offer much in terms of any of her skills ASIDE from maybe pulling a rare weapon (3rd Age Battle Axe of Khazadum from the Orc general at the beginning of Osgiliath).
So anyway, I just was curious if anyone had any other notable RPG party members that are just so damn useless or simply not worth the time.
Note that this can also extend to monsters in Pokemon and similar RPGs
