Personally, I'm maxing str/dex each level (which is easy for me - Vulmane are bugged and can only spend 3 points in each. FIX!! GRR!)
After that? I'm not spending a damn point. If they fix Con to matter, or they prove/change Int affecting Taunts (I'm still unsure if this is a tooltip display bug or not - Xaices has stated it is a
tooltip display bug. So while it looks like it goes up, it doesn't).
So I'm sitting back and chilling on the rest of my stats until I have a better and more permanent idea of what they do.
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Also, I've noticed while tanking with my own consistent group (just a monk and a bloodmage) that Defensive Stance's hate seems to be still bugged. With a 2H and Offensive stance, I can keep aggro on 3 targets at once, despite Monk and BM randomly blasting any of the three at will (they like to keep things interesting). In Defensive stance, I'm more prone to losing any of the three. Aggro is, however, only an issue on multiple-mob pulls, even with the monk trying his damnedest to pull aggro ("If you don't pull, you ain't trying hard enough" - that's the theory we have while 3-manning. He behaves in full groups
). The only exception? Sword/board in defensive stance on a single target. He'll pull every time, and NOT always in the beginning of the fight.
This leads me to believe Defensive stance's hate generation isn't up to par. Instead, I've taken to using offensive stance, and after I go through the initial aggro-gaining cycle of smacking, torturing, and/or provoking anything that's incoming, I'll Drain Str every mob we're fighting if I think I can do it safely. It provides the same or better mitigation against 3 and 4 dots at level 20-22 as Defensive stance (possibly just because it's a brand shiny new rank).
Only time I've ever had Hate issues with a 2H and offensive stance was 3-mob pulls with a druid 3 levels higher than me who stated "You'll never hold aggro on me" and proceeded to spam Cyclone on the mobs before I even reached them. I'm willing to believe that was his own bloody fault.
Something to consider. Flame aways.
