> From: "Rob LeBeau" <rlebeau65@...>
>
> I have not been playing EQ for years but I have played
> for about 10 months and I feel I need to shed some
> food for thought on this topic.......
>
> I can see why people suggest Stamina but I think it
> depends on a few factors first. If you are totally
> new and don't know much about EQ NOR have a high level
> alt, I would Really have to say to put the extra in
> Str. The reason is because Chainmail is still heavy
> and when have a full suit of Mail you will have about
> 10-20 pts of weight to allow for loot. This is not
> much at all.
I spent most of my pre-40 levels overweight and it's
really not all that big of a deal. And by the time that
you are able to get all of the components to finish the
newbie armor quests, you should have either enough cash
or the components to have someone make you weight
reduction bags or will have quested one or 2 on your
own).
> NOW, if you have an alt and are twinked, we all know
> what this means, then I can see why to put in Stamina.
> Since most will have a full suit of Ivory etched
> armow which does not weight all that much as compared
> to Chain. Plus twinks will tend to CHAIN pull, like
> the example we saw in the keep. Meaning, pulling so
> much or the ranger being the main tank that you need
> to worry about Stamina. If you have one or two
> warriors, a ranger should not worry about STA since
> his/her role is to assist and draw aggro if tank gets
> hurt to bad.
Rangers SHOULD worry about STA, whether you are twinked
or now, especially if you are using heavy weapons. Pre
100 STA, your stamina bar does mean something......post
100, it really means nothing.
As well, STA = HP. After AC, HP's are king (and since
there is a soft AC cap, once you get to the highest
levels, HP and STA gear gains far more importance than
AC).
> Summary: For a totally new player I still suggest STR
> and rely on others to assist in your flaws, like the
> druid partner. If you have alts and good weaps, then
> yes maybe STA is the way to go.
STR items are very easily obtained. It's really not
worth it to put that many points into STR. Even new
players can get their STR up to decent levels easy
enough to make it without having to put any points in
STR.
If I knew what I know now when I created my Ranger
almost 2 years ago, there is no quetion I would have put
all of my points into STA (I did put a few in). It's
took me 50+ levels to get my STA up to acceptable
levels, while STR wasn't all that much of a problem,
especially since you get STR spells eventually anyway.