How do I stats and do I need to cross class?

[Dergensaur]

Hi there, I just joined this game and am very happily leveling my marauder. I had a question for the community however and would love feedback

I was curious if I should only be putting my stat increases into vitality as I have been doing, as in-game I've been told all sorts of things such as I should be doing all strength or a mixture of the two so I'm a bit confused on what will help me the most as a new player. My class goal is to play the dark knight class once I've completed the first half or so of the game and have it unlocked. Sources have told me marauder is more similar to said class than gladiator and would have me most prepared, but in dungeons I was told the opposite so now i'm equally confused.
My last question was besides the 15 level investment for the warrior job, is it required of me to dip deep into the gladiator class to unlock cross class abilities or can I just focus on my main class and deal without these crosses?

Thank you again for your time.

[Underlord]

I have high lvl war. I haven't used drk tho. TypIcally there's a mixture of players that recommends differ ways of mixing in str/vit stats. Either through attribute points or gear. But in about 2-3 weeks, SE is making adjustments to all jobs. Tank being that str won't be as good for u as vit. So I personally would suggest just to do all vit. If u look around on forums you'll see what I mean about the stat changes coming in update. As for cross class skills, especially war... u do/should lvl gld for cross class. Theres abilities you'll need as a tank, such as provoke. Dont know exact lvl for gld, but you'll need awareness which is the highest ability you'll need as a war. So maybe gld to 34ish? Dont remember what lvl u get awareness at.

[MistakeNot]

Which stat (VIT or STR) you should focus on as a tank depends on who you are talking to. With the upcoming changes announced for 3.2 it seems like VIT will be the best choice however.
At the moment you want "enough" VIT to survive and then STR for extra damage. What constitutes "enough" is ill-defined.

Regardless of which tank class/job you end up doing it will be wise to get gladiator up to level 22 at least for the Provoke ability. That is a very useful cross-class skill to have when tanking.

It will take a while before you can switch to Dark Knight. First you will need to hit level 50 and complete all the level 50 Story quests - and there are quite a few of those.

Marauder/Warrior might well be the best choice if your goal is to become a Dark Knight - if only because then you will not need to do any levelling of Conjurer which is a requirement for Paladin, but not for Warrior or Dark Knight.
But I really don't think it matters much if you have Marauder/Warrior or Gladiator/Paladin as your main class up until then.

[LDR]

as others have mentioned, changes are being made to tanks in 3.2 on Feb 23rd. VIT will become the main damage stat for tanks rather than STR so it will probably be best to gear and stat towards the 3.2 changes rather than go with the current STR meta.

as for cross classes, Provoke from GLD at level 22 is a must. at level 34 GLD gives awareness, many many tanks will recommend you have this skill also.
it will also be worth your time to level Pugilist to 12 for Internal Release, WAR loves this skill and 12 levels wont take much time.

DRK shares skills with MRD/GLD so if you can suffer getting GLD to 34 and then do the rest of the game on MRD/WAR you will have everything you will ever need.

as for how it plays, it has elements of both but also its own unique flavour.
you really need to try it to know!

[Dergensaur]

Thanks for the help. I guess I'll just do pure vitality till 30 and then experiment with the different stuff the job gives me going forward. I'll make sure to get provoke, I was just hoping I didn't have to go WAY deeper, like deep into paladin just for abilities. Oddly the players I talked to told me dark knight was a reskinned paladin, but it doesn't even use a shield, so odd. can you link to these upcoming updates if possible? I want to get decent at this game whilst leveling especially as a tank so people don't hate me.

[Callback]

If you mess up or want to change stats when the patch hits, once you join a grand company and start earning seals you can buy resets really cheap there.

[Jaod]

So you can reset your stats buying an item from a grand company??

[LDR]

Yes, Grand Companies sell an item called The Keepers Hymn. when used this item resets all stat allocation you have done, giving you the bonus points back to respend.

[Lethallin]

Thanks for the help. I guess I'll just do pure vitality till 30 and then experiment with the different stuff the job gives me going forward. I'll make sure to get provoke, I was just hoping I didn't have to go WAY deeper, like deep into paladin just for abilities. Oddly the players I talked to told me dark knight was a reskinned paladin, but it doesn't even use a shield, so odd. can you link to these upcoming updates if possible? I want to get decent at this game whilst leveling especially as a tank so people don't hate me.

DRK is basically a different flavored PLD... at first. But only very early in DRK's levels (30-40). Soon enough you start getting into the mini-game of MP management while tanking, that PLD's don't focus on at all.

The specifics of the changes aren't known yet until the patch notes get released, but you're safe keeping your points allocated in Vitality. Just put them all in there, after the changes you won't have a reason to put them elsewhere. Provoke is necessary, but you can skimp out on Awareness for quite a while until you feel like getting GLD/PLD up the rest of the way.