AGI or STA?

[Poslla]

<DIV>Just looking for thoughts on where I should put my Achievement skill points, into AGI or into STA?   Any help is greatly appreciated.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Thanks</DIV>

[MystaSkrat]

<DIV>Um.  I dunno what you're trying to achieve in the end... but if you're looking to get the most dps you can, you ignore the AGI and STA lines and go down the STR and INT ones, mainly for the crits, but Perfectionist is really nice too.</DIV>

[Poslla]

I apologize for not being more specific.  I do solo a lot but also like the idea of high dps, so I think the str/int line I will follow.  I wanted to ask here, for everyone I asked (or it seemed like everyone) in game, would say, to put it into AGI, but after some posts I read here I wasn't so sure.  So thank you for your reply, it is appreciated!

[dj_krztoff]

I went AGI at first too, but eventually respec'd and haven't regretted it since ... makes a huge difference. <div></div>

[Poslla]

<DIV>Thanks for the reply, I am in the process now of changing over all my armor, as I wouldn't buy anything unless it had a +agi on it, so now am going after the STR items.  I do appreciate your help on this, for I was quite unsure.</DIV>

[Galldora]

What about if you were interested in improving your soloing ability?  Would you still want to go with STR and INT?  What about STA?  Any use for that?  <div></div>

[-Arctura-]

(( Agi is useless  unless you arent killing things properly. Assassins dont need to 'dodge' or 'evade' things, they just kill them quickly and be done with it. Same goes for STA.  only concern yourself with crazy STR and INT.   and assassins dont need huge power pools when soloing, the big hitters are all you need <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> (well solo pvp that is)<div></div>

[cucumbe]

So when we choose traits as we level we should pick STR whenever possible, and ignore the rest?  What doe INT directly affect, and should we only sink achievement points into it and not traits?<div></div>

[cucumbe]

<div><blockquote><hr>cumbom wrote:So when we choose traits as we level we should pick STR whenever possible, and ignore the rest?  What doe INT directly affect, and should we only sink achievement points into it and not traits?<div></div><hr></blockquote>I would appreciate some clarification on this one, I'd like to respec later tonigt, up til now I have ben choosing only AGI things.Also my ranger as done only AGI traits as well, I assume what is goes for the Assassin also goes for the Ranger?</div>

[MystaSkrat]

STR affects your CA damage and your Auto Attack damage (it also raises your Attack rating, and therefore your accuracy).  INT affects any magic based procs (groupmate procs, weapon procs) and your Poison.  AGI, um... it gives you more power.  Oh, and it makes your avoidance go up by about .01% per point.  STA gives you more health, WIS raises your resists.  At the lower levels, unless you have serious power problems, I'd go for STR then INT.  And pick STR for your traits when you can.

[cucumbe]

Thank you very much.<div></div>

[fcwe]

If your not on a PvP server, I wouldn't bother with the STA AA line. In PvP, the 100% parry soaks up the big stuns & initial hits. It really helps with rushing rangers and consuming monk spam <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> Other than the PvP aspect, I can't see any use for this AA line. If your looking for pure dps, I would go STR (max crit) & INT (max spell crit).<div></div>

[Ilavatar]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> MystaSkratch wrote:<BR> <DIV>Um.  I dunno what you're trying to achieve in the end... but if you're looking to get the most dps you can, you ignore the AGI and STA lines and go down the STR and INT ones, mainly for the crits, but Perfectionist is really nice too.</DIV><BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE> <P><BR>Does this also apply to basic stats or just AA paths? In other words, would an Ogre be a better assassin than a ratonga? :smileyhappy:</P> <P> </P>

[MystaSkrat]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Ilavatar wrote:<BR> <BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> MystaSkratch wrote:<BR> <DIV>Um.  I dunno what you're trying to achieve in the end... but if you're looking to get the most dps you can, you ignore the AGI and STA lines and go down the STR and INT ones, mainly for the crits, but Perfectionist is really nice too.</DIV><BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE> <P><BR>Does this also apply to basic stats or just AA paths? In other words, would an Ogre be a better assassin than a ratonga? :smileyhappy:</P> <P> </P><BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE> <P>For the most parts, your stats can be augmented through gear or buffs enough to where you shouldn't base your AA choices off of them.  Ogres have more base STA and health than a ratonga, but the ratonga would have more base AGI and power.  In the end, your starting stats for your character won't make enough of a difference for you to use them as a way to decide what race you want.  If you're asking which stats you should be concentrating on, I usually recommend STR first and foremost, with INT and STA behind that.  If you find yourself having power issues, you can focus more on AGI.  But STR and INT are going to give you direct boosts to your dps.<BR></P>