Quote Originally Posted by Aidoru View Post
If you have a large amount of HP from weapon skills, sure it'll increase your chances of survival, but if you're rarely or never going below a certain amount, then that is wasted potential that could have been extra damage.
Losing characters is a loss of damage too. In Ragnarok events where a character can take 5-6k in a single attack, that extra HP is the difference between getting your Full Burst off and not.

But again, eidolons are nice because you can switch them in and out at will. Weapons require significant investment.