Taelys wrote:
xbow is pretty good to go solo. You'll probably have enough SP to level up a sub but not at the same level as the xbow. Try bard as sub, you just need a couple of skills. There are levels in the game that you don't have a new skill nor can level a skill up, it's nice to do a gap at those levels. It will not really slow you down and you'll have more SP.
Actuallly if you want to have a good sub bard you'll need alot of skills from the tree, not as many as cleric/lock but still.