| Danth |
10-01-2019 10:32 AM |
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Originally Posted by Ghamarro
(Post 2973117)
Hello,
I have never played EverQuest before and am just about to roll onto the new green server to make a Dwarf Paladin, but I don't want to muck my first character up and have to start all over, so I would like to ask some advice in terms of allocating the stats and AA points etc. Are there any good character guides out there that would help a newbie avoid most of the critical pitfalls?
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When you create your character, you'll notice some stats are in green (and raised above that race's default) and some are in white. This implies that the green stats are your class's critical stats. This is in fact not necessarily the case. Here's what those green numbers really mean: In addition to every race's base statistics, each class at creation gets 50 additional attribute points, with the game automatically allocating some portion of that 50. The green numbers means points were automatically placed in that attribute. In the case of the Paladin, 30 of the 50 are automatically allocated, some into each of Strength, Stamina, Wisdom, and Charisma. You can place the remaining 20 yourself. On a Dwarf, put at least 5 into Agility, even though it's not "green." Having less than 75 Agility carries a massive penalty to armor rating in-game, and the game doesn't warn you about this at all. For the remaining 15 points, almost any combination of Strength, Stamina, Dexterity, or Wisdom will work and there are arguments for any and all of them. You shouldn't need to add points to Charisma, even though it's green. It's only used for a couple Paladin abilities and as such more usually raised (when needed) through items or buff spells.
Don't fret it too much or over-think it. With only 20 points to allocate out of a 255 cap to all of them, it's not really possible to "break" your character. This is something of a big-numbers game, and 20 points isn't going to make or break anything. At worst you have to deal with some inconvenience, like needing 5 agility from equipment if you put nothing there and have only 70 base.
On a fresh server there is an important quality-of-life consideration with respect to strength and weaker races, but that isn't so critical for Dwarves since they start with a decent value there by default.
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