Understanding Piety, ETC.

Hi. I started playing this game again after a long hiatus. They've definitely done wonders since I last played.

I have one thing that I have never quite understood on this game. What exactly do the stats like Piety actually do? I have been playing a GLD and PLD and I just add what I think I need but I don't know what they do. Could someone explain what Piety and the other stats (for the life of me I can't remember them off hand) do. I would like to make a great character and understanding these would really benefit.

Thanks to any and all for your help. I look forward to a great experience on Excalibur.

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Originally Posted by Bayohne

STR: Attack Power
DEX: Physical Attack Accuracy/Block Rate/Parry Rate
VIT: Defense/Enhancing Magic/Max HP
INT: Attack Magic Potency
MND: Healing Magic/Magic Accuracy
PIE: Magic Evasion/Enfeebling Magic/Max MP

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PIE is not worth gearing for on GLD/PLD.

Source in case you wanted to see the actual post for yourself.

Here's the one for DoH/DoL jobs as well, in case you're curious.

Super-late, but super-important edit:
I forgot to mention that for each DoW, there are two stats that affect the damage they deal with auto-attacks and weaponskills. This technically applies to DoM too, but nobody melees or weaponskills on those jobs. These stats affect both the class and its associated job, and despite the fact that it's labeled under "Auto-attack", it does indeed affect weaponskill damage as well.

These patch notes list those stats if you scroll down a few page lengths. Look for the "Auto-attack Damage Bonus" section.

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Class: Primary stat / Secondary stat
Pugilist: Strength / Intelligence
Gladiator: Strength / Mind
Marauder: Strength / Vitality
Archer: Piety / Dexterity
Lancer: Strength / Piety

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Miscellaneous effects:
In patch 1.21, they tied a couple of stats to specific actions as well. Link to patch notes

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Gladiator : Flat Blade : Combo bonus now affected by player MND rating.
Archer : Chameleon : Effect now affected by player DEX rating.

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I hope that covers everything you were curious about.

Thanks a lot Raldo. This is super helpful. I really appreciate the info.

Whoops, got primary/secondary mixed around. Fixed earlier post.

Raldo's information is spot-on, but I'd just like to let you know that if you need a quick summary on what the stats do, if popup help is turned on you can mouseover the stats on the attributes menu for more information.

I can't wait till all (most) jobs have to worry about all (most) stats again, unlike the 2, maybe 3 we have here. ~_~

Thanks. That's good to know.