From 7874129990775264614 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fb739,5519dc0e7be96df5 X-Google-Attributes: gidfb739,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-04-20 15:46:40 PST Path: newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.skycache.com!Cidera!e420r-sjo4.usenetserver.com!news-out.usenetserver.com!e420r-sjo3.usenetserver.com.POSTED!evilsofa From: evilsofa Newsgroups: alt.games.everquest Subject: Re: Stats for Warriors Organization: Unorganized References: <3ade55a4$0$12822$1dc6e903@news.corecomm.net> <9bm90h$t0l$1@newsreaderg1.core.theplanet.net> <3adfd9eb.115544674@news.xtremeol.com> User-Agent: MT-NewsWatcher/3.1 (PPC) Message-ID: Lines: 45 X-Complaints-To: abuse@usenetserver.com X-Abuse-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly. NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2001 18:44:36 EDT Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2001 15:47:16 -0700 Xref: newsfeed.google.com alt.games.everquest:67353 In article <3adfd9eb.115544674@news.xtremeol.com>, Nfinit_Vylence@Yahoo.com (Mark Bradshaw) wrote: > On Thu, 19 Apr 2001 02:26:50 -0800, "Sandjumper Jones" <@> wrote: > > > > > >Put all your points into STA. It makes a HUGE difference in your HPs at > >higher levels, which is what a good meat shield needs. STR items are EASY to > >come by at all levels. High-level gear with STA is nearly impossible to > >find, and if you do, the AC sucks on it. > > > > There's something else to be said for Stamina... having your stamina > set at over 100 will negate the effects of your stamina bar running > out when wielding weapons. In other words, you can continue to fight > after your stamina bar has been exausted, and your swings still won't > slow down. Definatly a big advantage, especially when dealing with > rogues, rangers, monks, and warriors. I know for sure Paladins don't get this advantage. I was grouping with a 30 paladin against Hill Giants in Rathe Mountains. The Cleric was fearing the HG and the Druid was snaring it; this ended up being much more mana-efficient than the Cleric healing a 1000 hp of damage on my Warrior. The whole time the paladin was complaining about having to run after the giant and that by running as well as fighting, he was running out of stamina and wasn't able to harm the HG by the end of the fight. (It was his first and only character.) After I asked him about two dozen times what his STA was, he finally said it was 112. I then asked him a few dozen times what weapon he was weilding. I gave up and inspected him, found it was a Messenger of the Queen. Heavy weapon, 8.0 or so if I remember right. Apparently having STA well over 100 didn't help him at all. -- "It's ridiculous to say that videogames affect children! If, for example, Pac-Man affected kids born in the 80s, today we'd have a lot of youngsters running around in dark rooms, eating pills and listening to monotone music!"