Attribute Points for Scholar/Summoner

[Nailkita]

In my opinion skill > stats 80% of the time.

Had a tank question us having the dps to do AK with my partner who is a bit undergeared for the place, but the run was smooth, and no dps related issues to speak of.

Having the 15 will improve your dps, but it's not the end of the world if you don't.

[Alphalegend]

Thank you, SUM/SCH are by far my two favorite Jobs with Paladin coming in at a close 3rd so it is nice to know I don't have to respec or roll a new toon to play the jobs I enjoy and be successful.

[chumsy]

as level cap raises it might make a bigger difference, but as for now i dont think 15 pts will matter all that much

[Kyronex]

I've seen SMNs with +30 MND and SCHs with +30 INT who can deal damage and heal perfectly fine respectively.

Unless you're an elitist min/maxer, the attribute allocation makes little difference.

[Exphryl]

Or just put a lot in Vit and be set for life for any situation

[Bethor]

I'd really love the fact that you could distribute the points between SCH and SMN individually. Currenty using my SCH50 for Low level dungeons. But I do notice the difference already since I've pumped anything into INT already. I'm considering switching to SCH at some point, but I already got a few Dark Light things for my SMN.
Ah well maybe we getting this in future updates :3

[Crescent_Dusk]

Think of skipping 15 stat points basically removing your boots and gloves and going in naked to coil. That's around the primary stat loss you're seeing. 15 points is substantial.

With that said, that is just taking into account pure dps/healing standpoints. In some fights it might be advantageous to pad your HP a bit with vitality to make spike periods less threatening, but those scenarios are in the minority.

[Belandomolando]

Primary stats have a cap... It's like the PLDs and WARs, they can go all VIT or put some in STR/DEX too. You'd think Warriors would considering they have a huge HP pool, it'd be nice to knock a few hits off from the NPCs to compensate for a lower DEF *shrugs*.

I'm 15 INT 13 MD and 2 PIE ... I am usually the LAST healer to go down because of Skill in Dodging attacks and managing my MP pool better. There's even been a few HMs I've "solo" healed because the other healer kept dying and I was bouncing MP to rez and heal. Yoshi has always said "middle the road" is just fine as well. Normal dungeon runs, if it's a good tank, I shield and can DPS some and the AoE Slow is good for healing too.

Skill > Stats always.

INT helps your MP Drain skill anyway.

[Staris]

INT helps your MP Drain skill anyway.

Not if you stance toggle....

[Belandomolando]

Not if you stance toggle....

Very good point! but then I can't MP drain/Heal/MP/Heal etc drain with the GCD, but i'll look into that.