so, i've been thinking about being a bandit. i think it'd be cool, but... i'm really not looking forward to using meso explosion at ALL. is it viable to be a bandit and not use meso explosion? dropping mesos on bosses and blowing them up sounds so lame to me! i just want to use a knife!
ME is very good for getting through 3rd job, but not really necessary in 4th, since you get some very strong attack skills. I've almost never used it on my 200 shad but I also leeched until lv 135
You can play a bandit/shadower without using ME (meso explosion) at all but you will need to rely on buying leech/doing PQ, ME lvling is just faster and cheaper than the other options.