Yea I actually traded my Eschuta's for another one. A lightning sorc had a 19/14/29 one while I had a 14/19/29 and we swapped because I had a fire sorc. That extra 5% gave a nice boost.

I'm too lazy to do the math, but I think the % that eschuta's gives is better than a +2 to meteor. If it's not, I think it'd be close enough that having all your fire skills boosted is better unless all you do is meph runs. 'course, this is coming from a d2 nublet who has only been playing 1.10 for 2 months and hasn't played since 1.09 first came out (only played for 3 months then).