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[DeathsSilkyMist]

Originally Posted by Jimjam [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Rip thanks for posting your Magelo, thats a well geared toon with a nice balance of stats rather than one which just spams one particular philosophy. It’s really interesting to see how everything is just scraping cap with buffs.

I think it does indicate the caution of following minmax advice when not using the supposed min max race option (dump int as str/sta cap easily).

I think most would agree that when doing self found or very lightly twinked (ie just a weapon and haste) characters for the sake of levelling up another alt rather than having a 60 toon to play str is by far the best option. However you’ve managed to demonstrate that for twink or bis putting points into melee stats when not playing a giant race isn’t necessarily going to be quite so wasteful as the community previously believed.

Statistically speaking STR and STA are easier to cap with BiS gear in Velious. If you don't believe me, you can simply look at https://wiki.project1999.com/Categor...ight_Equipment and check the stat distributions across the items. You can see my example Magelo here: https://wiki.project1999.com/Magelo_Blue:EruditeSKMan . STR is also easy to cap with buffs, long before full BiS gear, as you can get +235 STR from Avatar + Focus of Spirit + Maniacal Strength.

Ripqozko's Magelo (which is awesome btw) simply shows what I assume everybody already knows:

There are thousands of possible equipment combinations for each class.

You can find builds that cap any stat long before full BiS gear. That doesn't prove anything, especially since many of those builds would be considered to be objectively bad for the class using them. It doesn't change the statistical distribution of stats on gear. P99 is a locked server, so we are not going to get new items that can change the statistical distributions.

As far as I am aware, most players do not pre-plan out which BiS (or near BiS) gear they are going to get. This happens organically. That means when creating a new character, you want to put your points into the statistically hardest stat to cap for a Shadowknight, which is INT. This gives you the highest chance of maximizing your starting stats.

If you DO pre-plan the gear for your character, then put your starting stats into whichever stats will achieve your goals with the pre-planned gear. I don't believe OP is going to be doing this, so it doesn't apply in this case.