Warrior - Dex or Stam
 

I was researching different forum post on starting stats suggestions and it seems to be a debate to whether a new warrior should go stam or dex. If one was going to raid later and choose a large race such as a Ogre or a Troll should they put their starting stats in Dex or Stam?

In the end which will be more beneficial or will it end up being the same results? If you put points in Dex in the beginning will this free up gear slots for more stam items. If you choose Stam in the beginning will it give you more options for HP items.

The number one killer of players in Everquest is lack of HPs.

At 60, 25 stamina is 150 HP. That's a lot of HP. The number of times you dip below that amount in a group is likely to be minimal, but if it does happen it's the difference between life and death.

25 DEX is something like a .15 proc-per-minute increase at all levels. That's not a big jump, and not every fight where you get an "extra" proc will be the difference between keeping or losing aggro.

Hit points do you no good if you lose aggro; procs do you no good if you're dead. I'd lean toward STA if you plan on playing your warrior a lot 50+, but if you're like me and get alt-itis you may prefer DEX.

This argument will also never be satisfactorily resolved.

Edit: itemization choice between DEX and STA is often a false dichotomy; in most slots the ideal item (high AC + HP or DEX or STR) is evident and there is no real alternative. You'll always want 5/55 rings over 6str/6dex rings. You wouldn't pick an Exe Hood over an SSB (or maybe a Hammerhead post-50 since it gives more HP). There are few occasions where you have a truly legitimate choice between DEX and HP in a single slot, it's usually a much simpler decision.

as a large race: if the absolute only thing you ever care about is raiding, you should probably go stam. if you think you will ever be in a situation where you are not always 100% buffed to the max, you should go dex.

at the end of the day neither of these investments will mean much of a difference.

i used to have an iksar sk. ended up putting points partially into dex. it makes enough of a difference. Stamina isn't much, at 60 it's less than one hit from a mob.

Granted it's all additive, I liked the results of Dex. And I tried both, it felt a lot more solid of a fight when I was more Dex oriented and missed a lot less.

as a large race it's very easy to max sta is if you are raiding decent content. Go dex.

haha this is awesome

Sounds like for warriors it is still undecided on whether max benefit comes from choosing dex or stam starting stats for a large race such as an ogre

personally went dex for the theoretical proc rate increase

Same for the smaller races too I guess.