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So, I'm just wondering if there's any general opinion on how to spend your attributes? Is it good to strike a balance, or do you usually just pump your main stat? I can always reset later, but some general opinions on what to do will let me assign the points right now, and I can worry about being more specifically educated when I hit level 50, and reset if needed.
I suppose it depends on your class. Each class you're leveling has it's own attribute points to spend. Most people have told me to put it into the main stat with a few into vit for good measure. So being a lancer it's mostly str with a few here and there for vit.
I read in several unrelated posts for archers to put everything in Dexterity, which I have done so far.
I've heard different things for different classes. I play a Bard and I've heard just pumping my main stat, DEX, was optimal. I've also heard that sometimes adding some to PIE for more MP which increases song duration was sometimes a good idea, too, but optional. However, I've read that on Lancer, for example, you spread it out a little more. I've seen that you'd want to pump STR as much as you can but then follow up with VIT and also DEX. Various external sites have people's opinions on this and I think some people are experimenting to try to provide people with hard numbers to answer this a little better. So we'll have to wait and see. In the meantime, check out the forum specific to your job and maybe see what other people playing your job/class are saying. Hope this helps!
Mainstat, plus some survivability? Makes sense. Just wanted to know if it was any more complicated than that.
For Paladins and Marauders, what constitutes mainstat? Is it all Vitality, or do you go Strength and Vitality? Especially since strength improves blocking and parrying, as well as Bloodbath healing.
EDIT: Well, maybe it's a bit more complicated. However, putting the stats in now and worrying about the details later is fine by me. It doesn't look choices are so diverse that any superficially reasonable choice is going to present problems. And when opinions become more settled later on, there's always resetting those points. Alternatively, since my classes are all mid leveled (I have no high level classes, but I do have every class at 15+, with most above 20), I can just mainstat dump now, and backload all the 'diversity' points.
Generally speaking:
Tanks >> VIT
Everyone else >> Main Stat
Arcanist/Summoner/Scholar is where you'll have to make a choice between MND for better heals or INT for more damage.
Lancer here put all mine on STR :(
For Vit, I rely on gears