What stat helps caster DPS

[Xisi]

Does power actually increase how hard a spell hits or just increase your mana pool?How about intelligence?Or only +damage helps just like in WoW? Thanks.

[Kellin]

<p>INT.</p><p>For mages, INT also affects size of power pool.</p>

[Barbai]

There are a few things that effect how much dmg a pure caster will dish out. The main stat int does effect how much dmg a spell will do as well as the available power pool, there is also the level of the spell in relation to the mob as well as the quality of the spell. There is some gear that does add to spell dmg but it is normally not seen untill higher levels.

[Xisi]

Ok, thanks. So power does absolutely nothing for DPS but only adds mana pool? I have been looking for +power gear and I am obviously wrong. The word "Power" is a bit misleading. I always thought bigger power, harder hit. I didn't care for INT because in WoW int does nothing for DPS except for deep arcane mage.

[gatrm]

<cite>Lenova wrote:</cite><blockquote>So power does absolutely nothing for DPS but only adds mana pool? <p>I have been looking for +power gear and I am obviously wrong. </p></blockquote><p>Your power is your mana.  EQ2 uses the term "power" when referencing your mana pool, so the more you have, the more spells you can cast, and the more overall dps.  </p><p>The higher your INT, the more damage each spell does, and for a mage, the more power you will have.</p><p>+spell damage and proc gear (items that give you a chance to do additional damage on successful spell) also increase your dps.</p>

[Xisi]

<cite>gatrm wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite>Lenova wrote:</cite><blockquote>So power does absolutely nothing for DPS but only adds mana pool? <p>I have been looking for +power gear and I am obviously wrong. </p></blockquote><p>Your power is your mana.  EQ2 uses the term "power" when referencing your mana pool, so the more you have, the more spells you can cast, and the more overall dps.  </p><p>The higher your INT, the more damage each spell does, and for a mage, the more power you will have.</p><p>+spell damage and proc gear (items that give you a chance to do additional damage on successful spell) also increase your dps.</p></blockquote>Thanks, that clarifies.Another related question, do you know how much does +stamina and +health convert to HP? In WoW, 1 stamina adds 10 HP, and 1 health is just HP.

[gatrm]

<cite>Lenova wrote:</cite><blockquote>Thanks, that clarifies.Another related question, do you know how much does +stamina and +health convert to HP? In WoW, 1 stamina adds 10 HP, and 1 health is just HP.</blockquote><p>Again, Health = HP, so when you see something that says +100 health, it is adding 100 HP.</p><p>EQ2 has a system of diminishing returns for stats, where the closer you get to cap, the less benefit you get from a given stat.  On average, I believe 1 sta= 5 health, however, a fighter close to cap might only get 3 health from 1 sta.  </p><p>On the average, you will get benefit for a stat up to about 10*level (that is significantly lower than the hard cap, however there is no real benefit in going above that) You will start to see diminishing returns kick in at about 7*level.</p>

[Xisi]

<cite>gatrm wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite>Lenova wrote:</cite><blockquote>Thanks, that clarifies.Another related question, do you know how much does +stamina and +health convert to HP? In WoW, 1 stamina adds 10 HP, and 1 health is just HP.</blockquote><p>Again, Health = HP, so when you see something that says +100 health, it is adding 100 HP.</p><p>EQ2 has a system of diminishing returns for stats, where the closer you get to cap, the less benefit you get from a given stat.  On average, I believe 1 sta= 5 health, however, a fighter close to cap might only get 3 health from 1 sta.  </p><p>On the average, you will get benefit for a stat up to about 10*level (that is significantly lower than the hard cap, however there is no real benefit in going above that) You will start to see diminishing returns kick in at about 7*level.</p></blockquote>Again, thanks.Does this patch note still apply or is there any change to the cap system?  It's more than 1 year old so I want to make sure there hasn't been any update on this cap matter. <a rel="nofollow" href="http://eq2.warcry.com/news/view/65119" target="_blank">http://eq2.warcry.com/news/view/65119</a>It says "<span>All stat cap maximums have been increased from [ 7 * Level + 20 ] to [ 15 * level + 20 ]" and </span><span>"Generally speaking, 40% of the new cap is roughly the break even point on most of these graphs for all of the new diminishing returns graphs for resists, stats, and skills."So there won't be any diminishing return on stat until 6 * level +8?</span><span></span>

[Kellin]

<p>Not sure about that article - I've never watched the stat cap information that closely.  I'd check the guardian boards - they're most likely to be watching stat caps and hard/softcap conversions.</p><p>When you're talking about stamina, I believe what class you are also has a bearing on how much health you get per stamina point.  Fighters get more than mages, for example.</p><p>As for Intelligence, it affects ALL spell damage.  This means that high INT is good for classes that use poisons, which are classed as spell damage.</p>

[gatrm]

<cite>Lenova wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite>gatrm wrote:</cite> <blockquote><p>On the average, you will get benefit for a stat up to about 10*level (that is significantly lower than the hard cap, however there is no real benefit in going above that) You will start to see diminishing returns kick in at about 7*level.</p></blockquote>Again, thanks.Does this patch note still apply or is there any change to the cap system?  It's more than 1 year old so I want to make sure there hasn't been any update on this cap matter. <a rel="nofollow" href="http://eq2.warcry.com/news/view/65119" target="_blank">http://eq2.warcry.com/news/view/65119</a>It says "<span>All stat cap maximums have been increased from [ 7 * Level + 20 ] to [ 15 * level + 20 ]" and </span><span>"Generally speaking, 40% of the new cap is roughly the break even point on most of these graphs for all of the new diminishing returns graphs for resists, stats, and skills."So there won't be any diminishing return on stat until 6 * level +8?</span><span></span></blockquote><p>That is the cap system as it is in place currently.  More or less, yes- you will get maximum use out of a stat up to around 6.5 or 7*level...I believe I recall seeing a post that diminishing returns would kick in at 448 for a given stat.  You may be able to find the post I am remembering- there was a lot of math attached to it...</p><p>...however, you will still notice improvments in what that stat does for you up till around 9 or 10*level.  Beyond that, you will not really notice a difference.  It's a lot easier to remember the numbers I originally gave if you are looking for a goal to have your stats near.  I try to stay as far from doing actual calculations as possible.  </p>

[Iggyvyn]

If you hover your mouse over each stat in the Persona window, you will get roll-over text describing what each stat does.