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Originally Posted by maskedmelon
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STR is much better for improving quality of life of a leveling character, particularly for carrying capacity as a plate wearing class. Additionally, while str doesn't actually increase dmg, the benefit of increased attack rating (affected by STR) to accuracy is immensely beneficial to Paladins who are notoriously inaccurate fighters...
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Have you ever parsed your damage controlling for all except str? I'm gonna go ahead and say no, given your false claim that str does not affect damage. The effect is not large, but it is very real (thus the obsession with str by rogue characters.)
Paladin/SK problems with landing hits don't start showing up until mid-40s when differences in offense & weapon skill-caps become more significant. The use of 2-handers and slow 1-handers plus the lack of dual wield ability does create a false perception of difficulty hitting mobs at lower level. When a warrior misses four in a row dual-wielding 20 delay 1-handers you might not even notice, when you miss four in a row with a 40 delay 2-hander you will wait a helluve lot longer for that next hit.
However, and this is important, the extra damage done due to higher str is meaningless to the primary and secondary roles of your class (tank & pull/CC respectively). There is no additional melee threat due to higher str. You do not channel spellcasts better with higher str. You do not regen mana faster with higher str. You are not less likely to be stunned with higher str.
On the other hand, while the additional HP from 20 sta will not make a large difference, they will allow you to survive once in a while where you would have died without them, and a dead tank cannot keep mobs off the squishies.
IMO, the only circumstances where you should take str at creation with a paladin is if you are not a dwarf and you're not going to twink and you don't expect to have friends/guildmates who can help you get weight-efficient gear at lower levels (teens thru thirties.) My Half-elf paladin was my first char on the server when the server population was much lower (sep 2011) and I started out knowing nobody, so I put 10 into str at creation and might've been better served putting all 20 there.