Solo Barbarian Shaman Stat Allocation

[loramin]

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

You are just being a spoiled child. You are angry because your "reasons" for picking STA aren't very good, which is why I didn't include them. In reality (not Loramin world), 75HP at level 60 or 30ish HP at level 30 isn't going to help you in a significant way. That is fact, regardless of whether you can accept it. Removing the need for a buff is going to factually help you more than 75HP, and thus it is worth mentioning.

WIS is harder to cap, and thus in general you will get a better stat distribution when starting with points in WIS. You will cap STA and have higher WIS simultaneously. Don't take my word for it, look at all the Shaman items in the game and all the buffs. You will see it is easier to cap STA in this era, without raid gear.

There really is no other way to see it. STA and WIS only increase HP/Mana, so the scope of how the starting stats affect your gameplay is quite narrow. It isn't some starry field with endless possibilities.

Unlike you, I don't need to resort to insults or personal attacks to make a logical argument.

Simple question: which is more valuable to a Shaman leveling up: HP or mana? Which will make them level faster?

I submit that HP will. As evidence, I've never in my leveling life ever (not even once) died because I started a fight at max mana, burned through 100% of it, and then died because I didn't have more mana. But I have died (many times) when I started at max HP, burned through all my HP, and died for lack of a few more.

To be clear, if you're not starting at max, your maximums are irrelevant: if you start a fight with 500 mana, it doesn't matter whether you could have started that fight with 600 mana or 6000 mana.

So, what's your evidence that having more maximum mana helps you level faster? Or do you agree, HP will help you level faster?