Stat Allocation?

I've recently returned and am just starting archer. I'm curious about how I should spend my stats if I intend for solo/small group play? Also, are archer and bard stats spent differently?

I guess I'm basically curious how much I should be spending, and where. Thank you for responding, and taking the time to read. :D

Evenly distribute into Pie and Dex.

Thank you! :) I wasn't sure if I should put any into VIT for survivability, and have been saving my points ^^

Min/Maxing always best choice. Single points of a stat do virtually nothing, so by focusing on only 2 you will get better return for investment. If you want survivability on BRD, meld hp to the pieces you can't add dex or pie. You simply can't put enough vitality on your BRD to be worth it.

Strenght is useless?

Quoted from 1.20 Patchnotes:

Strength

• Attack Power
• Damage dealt by puglist, gladiator, marauder, and lancer arms

Vitality

• Damage taken
• Enhancement Magic Potency
• Maximum HP
• Damage dealt by marauder arms

Dexterity

• Accuracy
• Block Rate
• Parry
• Damage dealt by archer arms

Intelligence

• Attack Magic Potency
• Damage dealt by pugilist arms

Mind

• Healing Magic Potency
• Magic Accuracy
• Damage dealt by gladiator, thaumaturge, and conjurer arms

Piety

• Magic Evasion
• Enfeebling Magic Potency
• Maximum MP
• Damage dealt by archer, lancer, thaumaturge, and conjurer arms

≪Auto-attack Damage Bonus≫

Pugilist = Intelligence + Strength
Gladiator = Mind + Strength
Marauder = Vitality + Strength
Archer = Dexterity + Piety
Lancer = Piety + Strength
Conjurer = Mind + Piety
Thaumaturge = Mind + Piety

* The above damage bonus also applies to “Shot” attacks by archers.

Sidenote: My LS told me on CNJ go for max MND, rest VIT & for THM should be max INT, rest MND due to their Auto-Attack's beeing pretty useless.

I've actually read INT/PIE for THM for more MP as MND is relatively useless now.

MND does increase magic accuracy though, for what it's worth.

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Originally Posted by Churchill

I've actually read INT/PIE for THM for more MP as MND is relatively useless now.

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That's what i thought first too, but for every point allocated to PIE you only get 1 MP that'd be 22 more MP overall which is pretty unnoticeable, so I prefer MND and its magic accuracy as Urthdigger stated.

For BRD, is DEX or PIE supposed to be higher?