Str or Pie

Added 23 dex as that was a no brainer, but 22 points left... so the question is Strength or Piety.

Infact im almost certain im going str.

5 str to one point of attack point. I donno if its worth it TBH. But I'm still holding off.

I made a somewhat balanced upgrade with DEX>PIE

I went pure dex/pie I see why others might go w/ str but they specificly stated it's dex/pie for arc dmg.

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Originally Posted by DyskoFox

I went pure dex/pie I see why others might go w/ str but they specificly stated it's dex/pie for arc dmg.

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Right. Dexterity and Piety affects both Damage dealt by Archer arms and Archer auto-attack/light shot damage.

I guess I will go pie then.

pie from rings gave me 30 minimal damage+ and 40 maximal. Strength gave 10 and 20. So guess pie is better

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Originally Posted by Medura

pie from rings gave me 30 minimal damage+ and 40 maximal. Strength gave 10 and 20. So guess pie is better

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Hi Medura,

Thanks. Wow, you switched out all PIE vs. STR Rings and you got that large of a difference? That's good to know.

It's a bit shocking (and counter-intuitive in some ways) that STR does nothing for Archer... after SE released the latest Patch Notes:

≪Parameters and Their Effects≫

Strength

• Attack Power

You'd think "Attack Power" would affect Archer damage in some way (via STR). Oh well.

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Originally Posted by Kiara

Hi Medura,

Thanks. Wow, you switched out all PIE vs. STR Rings and you got that large of a difference? That's good to know.

It's a bit shocking (and counter-intuitive in some ways) that STR does nothing for Archer... after SE released the latest Patch Notes:

≪Parameters and Their Effects≫

Strength

• Attack Power

You'd think "Attack Power" would affect Archer damage in some way (via STR). Oh well.

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and then just a little further down it says:

Dexterity

Accuracy
Block Rate
Parry
Damage dealt by archer arms

Piety

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

The above data shows that Strength does have an effect on Archer damage, just not as great as Piety.

Hi Arcell,

Thanks. Yah I saw that section on DEX and PIE. :)

I was just curious about how great an effect STR really had, but as you pointed out, it looks like Medura's testing shows that STR really has very little effect; quite strange / sad in some ways.

Any word on a reset butten on stats? .... as now reading this tells me i was lied too.

It's coming but no word on when.

Also, just wanted to point out that PIE (through its raising your enfeebling skill) helps your debuff skills like Shadowbind and Bloodletter land more frequently/have greater potency so even if the damage increase was switched around I'd personally still like PIE better =P

I went with 23 Dex, 22 Pie and wear Pie rings, with Dex and Pie slotted into my gear.
I tend to lean to Pie cause it seems to me the the Enfeebling Magic Potency helps me to stick my binds.

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Originally Posted by Kyra

Added 23 dex as that was a no brainer, but 22 points left... so the question is Strength or Piety.

Infact im almost certain im going str.

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Pie helps things like Shadowbind to stick and some base dmg from what I have seen. I went Dex/Pie with those stats but I stack Str on my Arc in every slot I can unless of course Dex/Pie will be able to outweigh the str aspect of that slot.