Different players will have different minimums they consider tolerable. As a rule, the quicker a person expects to level, the more easily he can tolerate the "encumbered period" where armor is heavy and weight reduction bags unavailable.
My own personal rules of thumb for plate classes in a no-twink setting are as follows: If the character can wear small armor, I like to have at least 85 and preferably 90 strength at minimum. If it has to wear Medium, I want at least 100, again a little more doesn't hurt. A Human Paladin with 105 strength chews through it quick enough. There are only two races (Ogre and Troll) that are restricted solely to large armor, and both of their plate classes will start with sufficient strength by default.
Basically I don't particularly like Erudites on a fresh server, with 85 practical maximum strength (figure 5 into agility) and a medium armor restriction. I'm also hesitant with High Elf Paladins since they also have an 85 maximum strength, but their ability to wear small armor compensates enough to make it borderline tolerable.
Danth
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