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Originally Posted by Amhran Ogma
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I'm rolling Wood Elf no matter what. I planned on putting 10 to Dex (to start at 100), 10 STR (still low at 80), and the rest (5) in CHA (90)
Is there something I should know regarding your hindsight about "going dex being suboptimal"? Thanks
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Man, I don't know. I recently rolled a second bard and went strength. The first dex/cha bard is only like 20-30 stone away from encumbrance and is constantly overweight after a couple hours worth of loot. The second bard has a lot more carrying capacity, but I'm getting more missed notes and noticeably fewer procs (at level 19 now). Obviously the lack of procs won't matter as much from 30-onwards as you stop meleeing so much, and probably the missed notes won't be as big a deal as my musical skills get closer to the cap.
I think 10/10/5 seems like a decent split. WarpathEQ and Busted both make good points. The first bard was 15 dex/10 cha. I guess I'd start by thinking about what your goal is for the bard. If you plan to swarm to 60 and raid heavily, sta/dex might be a good idea. If you just want to fuck around through the lower levels, dex/str might be the way to go. If you're starting from scratch without any twinking, you probably won't be able to afford a good proc weapon before melee starts to become less relevant, which imo makes dex less useful.
I guess I'd recommend 15str/10dex or 20str/5dex. Strength is especially useful on a first toon on a server since you'll want to be able to carry as much loot as possible to buy gear. I found it pretty easy to get a good set of cha gear: opalline earrings, gypsy medallion, mask of deception combine for +32cha. I've got 148cha right now and that's probably overkill. I've only noticed charm breaking early once, and that's not a big deal anyway since you're gonna get a lot of experience swapping charm between the two mobs. Lull, sure, but if you're pulling for a group a crit fail shouldn't be too big a deal since you can mez-lock three mobs with a bit of practice.
Are you planning on swarming your way to 60 as quickly as possible in order to raid, or are you going to level kinda slowly and explore as much of the world as possible without worrying about raid gear?