Quote Originally Posted by Peregrine View Post
Up to 100 they work. Past 100, you're pretty much wasting your time.
I suggest that once you hit physical level 50, keep your dex, str, int, and pie at 86 and your vit and mnd at 80. Then use conversion traits and gear's innately appropriate stat boosts for the rest.

There is next to no point in getting over 130 of a given stat. There IS actually a big difference between 40 and 100 of a stat though.
^ Yeah, pretty much. Good advice for anyone who is doing both mage and melee/archer jobs, and/or crafting and gathering jobs too.

If you're just doing melee or archer, you don't need INT at all. If you're just doing mage, you don't need STR or DEX at all.

The only stat that is worthwhile to increase past 100 is VIT. Unlike the other stats, VIT's effectiveness increases at a linear rate since you always get the same amount of HP per point of VIT. This applies mostly to tanks and soloers, however, so if you don't find yourself getting damaged that often, then boosting VIT is probably not that important to you.

MND works similarly, but you don't really need as much MP as you do HP, in most circumstances.