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Making Half-Elf Bard...startings stats?
I got a friend to join me in experience the awesomeness of P99, so I am making a half-elf Bard to play with him...
I know starting stats don't matter much, but I want to be the best of the best! Old school EQ.Castersrealm recommends putting 20 points into STR and 5 points into DEX as a Half-Elf. Is that indeed the route I should take? What do you all think? Thanks! Can't wait for the server to come back up! | ||
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I would put it into DEX and CHA. As a bard, you really wont be using the STR that much, except maybe to hold a buncha crap.
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So maybe split between DEX and CHA? 15 15?
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Just make sure that no important stat is below the 75 or whatever that makes a big jump into gimp status.
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8 sta 11 dex 11 cha
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i was a DumbF**K and put most of my points into AGI..........ya..............as a half-elf ranger............it was like 20 to agi and like 5str 5dex...........yaaaaaaaaaaaa
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Your stats should focus towards how you think you will play your bard.
Charisma is going to allow you to lull, mezz and charm better - to me the biggest strengths of a bard. Dexterity is going to allow you to twist tunes better (I think). Some bards get off on having 3 songs going at once. Reduces bard song fizzles (song ends abruptly). (I am not 100% sure on this info but have heard it from many sources) Strength is going to let you hit in mele a bit harder and carry a few more items. Bards do wear heavy plate armor. Bards do not get double attack so their mele is not such a strength. But if u love to mele... Stamina is going to give you + HP. I think wars get 5 hp per each stamina at lvl 50, so mebe bards get 4 per. If you think you might do alot of lull pulling this might be a consideration. In the end you can always carry extra gear to make you better one way or another. +80 hp and + 55 hp finger ring or 7 cha 5 dex finger ring x 2 are more than your starting stats in just 2 slots so in the end: do not lose too much sleep over it. | ||
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Hmm my thoughts..., not a pro here but I do play a half elf and know that gear weighs a ton when your a noob, bronze is heavy, str gear doesnt seem to come till later unless you have money early on.
That's not a great reason to go str but it is always a useful stat IMO. Dex affecting song twisting? I highly doubt that. I have no way to prove it, but I think that's more of a frame rate and casting delay thing, which I believe is a fixed rate. And a bard should probably avoid proccing weapons when possible, you dont want agro, not saying I would turn away a SSoY until I could get into Kunark, hopefully by then the warriors are holding agro a lot better than you with their double attacks and slams/kicks, im sure they will be. Agi, dont plan on getting hit. Defense skills are minimal as a bard. Stamina, that sounds useful, altho maybe not a great return on points invested, 4hp per stam? Charisma sounds like a good one of the bunch, since you probably want to wear more melee oriented ac/str/stam gear for survivability, so charisma coming out of your natural stats might be a good idea. | ||
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