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Originally Posted by Smalls
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So Strength is a good choice for a Wood Elf Ranger to dump in then? I wanted to avoid Stamina because this class is really not intended for tanking, and, as I understand it, Stamina is one of the easiest stats to max with buffs and gear, at least in Velious. And I don't know if I ever intend to be an MT or fighting really, really big contested mobs at some point (I'll be tracking for whatever guild I run with), but maybe some planar raiding if I ever make it that far, and possibly my epic if Velious eases up the competition for Venril Sathir and Innoruuk.
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I disagree with this in a couple of ways.
1. STA is not the easiest to buf with gear, STR is.
2. Even if you aren't tanking, a dead character has 0 DPS. You will need to live through dots, AE's, ripostes, etc. even when not tanking.
3. One of your jobs as a ranger is to peel from casters and root park. You need to be able to live through some beating.
4. You will wind up tanking sometimes, if only to get the cleric camped.
Summary : I think STA is more important than STR when selecting starting stats.
Dex is sort of important, but not really for bow. You will never actually use your bow unless you are pulling, bored or just feel like it. The difference dex makes there is not worth mentioning really compared to the massive DPS loss from not meleeing. Yes, bow kiting is 'viable' but it takes all day, and unless you are really a masochist you wont do it much. Dex is important for procs, (ie., swarmcaller), but you have to have quite a bit to really notice a diff. I just have a dex jewelry set that I swap in and out when counting on a swarmcaller proc.