Stamina line

[Krothgar]

<p>Looking into aa's was not sure how much to spend in stamina. i solo so was gonna work STA and STR. am only lvl 35</p><p>still not 100% sold on mana shield.. does it work well? </p><p>if so then would pretty much max out to get the 22 or 24 it takes for mana shield 4 4 8 8? or better to get more life for myself and go 8 4 8 4?</p><p>thanks in advance</p>

[Kelorn]

<p>Depends on what you do, to be honest.</p><p> Are you on a PVP server? If so then Mana shield is definitely something you want to invest in.</p><p> Do you Solo most of the time or group?</p><p>Manashield will undoubtedly get you out of a few sticky spots, but I ignored it while leveling up. Mainly because I was more focused on DPS and if I died a few times on the way to 80, big deal. I focused on the Wisdom, agility, and Strength lines (in that order, I had nothing in str till level 70 due to the caps) and after I maxed those, I was around level 50 and started putting AA in cold for help with Ice Comet.</p><p>There's lots of good info in the "Guide to being a raid wizard" that applies to much more than just raiding, I highly suggest you read it.</p><p>If you're looking for AA to help you solo, I suggest investing in the Shielding line in the Wizard AA.</p><p> Cheers,</p>

[KniteShayd]

<p>If your on PvP and want the minimum, I suggest 8-6-8-0-2. You want to max out the stamina regardless, as more STA means more HP.  The damage shield is nice for when the melees try to slap you.  The higher it goes, the more damage it does to the attacker.  Then, Maxing out your physical mit is imperitive as all you wear is cloth.</p><p>I suggest maxing the whole line if you can.  The focus increase helps with interrupts and we know there are many classes who have casting skills debuffs. but the skill increase can be ignored for the sake of the other options.</p><p>Note that you can still unlock the last abilty, Manashield, even if you don't put points into the last ability on your STA tree. that is why I suggested 8-6-8-0.</p><p>my 2 cp</p>

[coop]

<p> I'm only 39, but here is my opinion:</p><p>Go STA!  Not so much for the mana shield (it's a plus) but more for resist reduction.  I solo mostly and I can tell you I was going down the agi line for faster spell recovery, but decided to switch.  It's a big change.  I get less resists especially to my roots, which was killing me when trying to solo ^^^.  I am extremely happy with sta line.  </p><p>I put in 10 for Shielding and 44682 sta </p><p>Taws</p>

[Rqron]

<cite>coop wrote:</cite><blockquote><p> I'm only 39, but here is my opinion:</p><p>Go STA!  Not so much for the mana shield (it's a plus) but more for resist reduction.  I solo mostly and I can tell you I was going down the agi line for faster spell recovery, but decided to switch.  It's a big change.  I get less resists especially to my roots, which was killing me when trying to solo ^^^.  I am extremely happy with sta line.  </p><p>I put in 10 for Shielding and 44682 sta </p><p>Taws</p></blockquote>Correct,  I found there is a big trade off between specs for maximum DPS (something everyone these days advertises because of the parser craze) or maximum survivability and spell resists. Maximum DPS is NOT maximum survivability in soloing like some like to say. I have made several tests  (went through 4 respec cards with 5 charges each)  spec'ing for pure DPS as used by most raid wizards (yay the damage was great but I died a lot because of resisted spells and broken roots) or spec'ing for pure survivability ( died a lot less but damage output was low) and about any combination in between. If you spec for pure DPS you have lots of damage but you don't gain that much really if you solo it only takes a few seconds less time to kill the mob. What you loose is survivability as your spells are resisted a lot more (you don't have the buffs that prevent this in a group or raid), you root is breaking more often and so on. All of that does not mater really if you are in a group or in a raid where you are not dependent upon them.  I found that you can have a nice medium of DPS and survivability if you use the sta,str and wis lines, don't forget to invest into the int line at least at the first 8 points more int is power and spell damage. You don't need to use the "final points" like mana shield.I have used it only a few times and find it is a waste of a point that can be better used in spell crits and others. Once you decide to group more and maybe even want to go into raiding then you should re spec to the more common DPS specs. It only costs 10G to buy a re-spec card with 5 charges and it can be done on the fly if you need to so buy one, experiment and find the combination that fits YOUR particular style. You will not regret doing it.At this point in time I am experimenting with the following for solo:sta: 8,4,6,8str:4,6,5,8int:8wis:4,8And I can say it is a great combination that gives me the benefits of great survivability and good (not superior but good) damage.As you can see I have not assigned any points into a final category I found none of them worth wasting a point in for my style of playing. And as the above poster pointed out don't forget to put 10 points into your shield. This is a must for solo or PvP and a waste if you are raiding :=)).J.C.

[Dedos]

<p>I solo 90% of the time. I'm currently maxxed out in AGI and STA. I wanted to up my DPS some since I moved to Kunark since the mobs have much more HP and they hit like trucks so I figured more DPS would help.</p><p>Well, I specced AGI and WIS and gave it a go... After about 20 minutes of dying over and over due to root resists, I specced back to STA line. I didnt realize how much the AAs were helping with resists. Sure my DPS is lower, but I can kill mobs efficiently 6-7 levels higher than me with the STA line. Without it, it's not impossible, but much much more difficult and inefficient.</p>

[Rqron]

<cite>Dedos wrote:</cite><blockquote><p>I solo 90% of the time. I'm currently maxxed out in AGI and STA. I wanted to up my DPS some since I moved to Kunark since the mobs have much more HP and they hit like trucks so I figured more DPS would help.</p><p>Well, I specced AGI and WIS and gave it a go... After about 20 minutes of dying over and over due to root resists, I specced back to STA line. I didnt realize how much the AAs were helping with resists. Sure my DPS is lower, but I can kill mobs efficiently 6-7 levels higher than me with the STA line. Without it, it's not impossible, but much much more difficult and inefficient.</p></blockquote>Good choice for solo. I rather have less damage output, take a idea longer to kill the mob but survive, then higher damage output and higher repair cost.I like the occasional (maybe once a month) pickup raid .Even though I am not spec'd for maximum DPS I do still fairly decent damage. Once you have more AAs available and if you have all points in the agi line put some points into the first two wis sets so you can have the added damage from free hand sorcery then you will be doing some decent damage on top of survivability. Will you ever top "THE PARSE"? Probably not, but who cares. Always remember that you will have to spec to your play style and if you only rarely raid and don't belong to a raid guild you are considered nothing but a "filler" by raid guilds advertising for more and the only reason they took you for the raid is because they did not have enough people to start with. Chances are (something like 99.99999%), you will end up with a repair bill (at lvl80) somewhere around 40-70G, no loot (because any loot goes to raid members first don't matter how much you could use it), maybe some AA and very,very seldom a thank you for coming. So why would anyone compromise his own survivability spec'ing for DPS if they are dominantly soloing is past me but there are people that will tell you that you "don't play your character to the fullest potential" because you are not spec'd for max DPS. Just ignore them because in reality, they do NOT know what they are talking about because they are blindsided  by the quest for maximum DPS by they're GOD called parsing. Ironically, those are the people who  a lot of times I see whining because they don't have enough coin to pay repair bills.J.C