Atrribute information request

[Pudsley]

As above, been trawling for a while now and struggling to find any decent info about attributes, a little here and there but no sizable discussion threads.

I had this problem with my Paly, it's an incredibly difficult choice to make, where to put those att points.

So far from browsing through the trainer I can see a lot of promising spells so INT/WIS is looking tempting, although which is debatable since my Sorc and Shammie friends seem to fight over the two of them one recommending WIS and the OTHER INT.

So far I've been switching between STR/DEX/CON but I really don't want to neglect my WIS/INT, any info would be appreciated.

If it helps I picked Kurasasha as my race.

Much appreciated.

[Niteflyx]

There's some consolidated wisdom here: http://vanguardfighters.com/phpnuke/...ewtopic&t=1208

[Pudsley]

Thanks, much appreciated.

[Pudsley]

A lot of nice info there, unfortunately it didn't help much with the attribute choices, still very unsure of where to spend those points.

Spending points in INT/WIS is going to cost me in STR/CON/DEX, very tough call to make, do I reduce my ability to tank, my weapon damage or risk gimping my spells.

If I were to spread it across all I'd probably mediocre at best.

I guess there is no easy answer here really, the choice for Paladins is just as hard.

[Niteflyx]

I'm 43 and still have no idea how to spend my points if it makes you feel any better. There's no really right or wrong answer. But STR/DEX did help me alot through the lower levels. at 35+, it really doesn't matter.

[Taiga]

I have tried a few specifications, and found that a Primary STR and Secondary INT/DEX seems to work best for me.

STR - Main use is increasing your damage. Used to be a minimal effect, but now STR has a significant effect on your damage. IMO, you should always try to max this.

DEX - Main use is avoidance and crits. IMO, not as effective now as it used to be, but I can't verify this. Even so, this is a valuable attribute and even if you don't max it, never let it fall behind.

CON - On the surface, this looks like a great stat for a tank since it increases HP. The return per point on this skill is awful, however. If you're worried about your HP, you will see much larger returns by using HP-focused gear. While I may consider respeccing for some CON when raid content is implemented, right now I don't put anything in this attribute.

VIT - Not a major DK stat, but not completely useless. at higher levels we tend to run out of mana very quickly, since we have small pools but our spell costs at high levels are extremely high. There are enough classes that buff mana regen, though, that I wouldn't reccommend VIT.

INT - Another important attribute for a DK. The boost to spell damage is nice, but what makes INT mandatory is that it also affects taunts and taunt componets of damage abilities. You don't have to keep this maxed if you think the poits are better elsewhere, but don't let it fall too far behind.

WIS - Not a major stat, but don't neglect it completely since it does affect mana pool and target ID. I get 2/level here as a Vumlane and I have never wanted to add more.

Edit - I missed that you'd picked Kurasha as your race. IMO, they are a fairly good DK race, much better than my Vulmane . I believe they get 2CON/2INT? If so, I wouldn't worry about raising CON any more. The 2 INT is good, but I'd still recommend putting a third point into it each level.

Taiga ~ 50 Dreadknight ~ Florendyl

[Pudsley]

Appreciate the info guys, good to know there isn't a defnitive way to gimp your character just yet.

[Xaices]

I have for the last 38 levels put my points in as follows.

Max Dex
Max Con
Rest STR

Keep in ming I play an LG +3 to Str +1 to Con +2% mit.

I have no problem holding agro none actualy.

There is also a post some where that some one was telling me about that illistrated that Constitution scales the higher your level. So where it is 1 con per 1 hp earlier on closer to 50 it goes to 1 con 3 hp. This is not verified and as far as I know a rumor but worth looking into. Note con helps resists also.

They way I look at it.

STR more dmg more hate better control
Con more health more resists just that much less dmg and that much more health.
Dex little more avoidance a little better crit chance all the better

INT little more on the Spell dmg a little more on the Hate components, A little better combat awareness.

I do not put it into int because I don't feel as tho I need to see if the mob is on me or not somebodies going to call agro if I loose it, which is rare. Most my attacks are melee based so better off keeping with STR over int.

Not much help am I. lol

[Lusain]

I have maxed my dex, split evenly between str/con, and once in awhile I have put a few points into the three caster stats just to try to "shore up" my mana pool, etc (probably put 12-15 points in 38 levels into the caster stats, so I don't do it much).

[ellestil]

I had decided a long time ago to focus on Str, Con, Dex with some left over for Vit (I'm a Paladin). For a DK, I would recommend Str, Con, Dex with some left over for Int. As a human I gain 5 str, 5 con, 5 dex, 3 vit, and 1 in int and wis per level. If you were a human DK I'd say go 5 str, 5 dex, 5 con, 3 int, 1 vit and 1 wis (or maybe 2 int, 1 vit, and 2 wis).

If DK's are like paladins, when you get your wardship armor which is class specific, it will list str, con, and dex stats on it. All paladin armor is str, dex, con. This tells me that this should be our focus stats, the other stats give us minor benefits and shouldn't be a primary focus.

In other words, if the character selection stats pointed you at str, dex, con and the class specific armor points you at str, dex, con.....then maybe you should focus on str, dex, con as this is obviously the primary stats for your class. If Paladin armor had str, con, vit or DK armor had Str, dex, int then maybe you could imply that the devs were showing you that vit for paladins and int for DK's was more important than we thought. But as it stands now, everything points to Str, Con, Dex as all tanks primary stats, with some variations in what we would spend left over points in.