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Originally Posted by Samoht
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I'm pretty sure that at this point, neither one of us knows what you're talking about.
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You literally said HP is King. That is the "HP = good" mantra people repeat on these forums ad nauseam, and it honestly doesn't apply in most situations. If you blindly believe this to be the case, I can only assume you don't play the game, or don't pay too much attention to it.
For people who are not fixated on maxing HP without thinking:
1. For levels 1-40 or so, max HP is king on all classes. This is because STA scaling is bad at that range, most good proc weapons don't proc, your spells suck, and your offensive skills are bad. This means ATK, Dex, and Mana aren't helping you too much, whereas the tuning of the game from 1-40 isn't designed for players running around with +500 HP or so from items.
2. Once you get to levels 50+, ATK + Dex + Mana + a good weapon play a bigger role in terms of DPS and kill speed. The difference is content is tuned to expect the player to have a ton of HP, because by levels 50+ you start getting good buffs on buffing classes, so +500 HP isn't that great anymore. Killing a monster 5 seconds faster due to a higher ATK + Dex + Mana + a good weapon means you are saving hundreds of HP by not getting hit for those 5 seconds. You are also able to hold down camps better, get more money, etc. Stacking max HP doesn't increase your kill speed or ability to hold down camps, so it is the lesser stat for solo/group content in most cases.
3. Max HP is better on caster classes like Enchanters 50+, because they NEVER get good STA scaling, so you are always going to be fairly low on HP. High raw +HP items are the only way to go on those classes, especially since most caster gear is very lack luster in Classic -> Velious.
4. Max HP is good in specific situations where mobs are casting unresistable (or nearly unresistable) spells, as it is the only way to counter that kind of spell. For most other spell casting situations, resistances are better. If this wasn't the case, you wouldn't see people carrying around resistance gear
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5. Max HP is the best stat on Warriors, because most Warriors build themselves for raiding on this server. It synergizes the best with Complete Heal chains, and many raid mobs (such as AoW) don't cast spells anyway.
6. SK's are not good in raids at all on P99. If you want to play a hybrid raid class, play Paladin or Ranger. In those specific cases, if you are trying to be a Flurry offtank, max HP is indeed good. But that is not what OP was asking.
7. Finally, in most group content gear doesn't matter that much, because your group mates are bringing way more to the table, and most monsters do not have spell immunity to things like slow, which trivializes most content anyway. More DPS (even from an SK) means faster kill rates for your group.