T4 brig stat/gear question

[UnderToad]

T4 brig stat/gear question<p>I was told that our stats in order of importance are STR-INT-AGI-STA. Is that correct? Atm, My stats are STR-AGI-STA-INT and am always top dps, but I've crafted my own ad3s, so that could be propping up a bad build. If STR-INT is the way to go, what is currently the best way to achieve it (at T4) without being able to afford feysteel? I was thinking MC leathers and HC Int based jewellery, but I'm not sure. </p><p>Any tips appreciated.</p>

[Oakleafe]

<cite></cite>The idea behind STR-INT-AGI-STA for gear choices is that STR increases your melee DPS (and power pool) and INT increase the DPS from your poisons, so they should be your major focus.  AGI increases your power pool and increases avoidance while STA increases your maximum health; so if you increase STA before AGI you have more health but are more likely to need it.  AGI on gear looks like it's really needed because more avoidance is good, but the thought is that you get enough via buffs and the more DPS the quicker the mobs die.I've not been totally convinced by this arguement (yet), but my Brigand is still in the lower levels.  However, I do certainly see that once you are at the level where increases in AGI return insignificant amounts of avoidance it would seem extremely practical to get the INT instead.  At the moment I'm still looking primarily at STR then AGI then INT, and I seem to be doing okay.If you can't afford to buy/harvest-and-order some feysteel then MC leathers look like being the next best thing.  Maybe you can mix and match some treasured chain items, as the stats on those should be more worthwhile now.  I'd also expect dropped-treasured jewelery to be better than hand crafted now, but then again anything that's transmutable is not cheap nowadays.

[Dareena]

<p>In the end, I think it depends on your playing style.  The gear set up for a soloing brigand will look different from a grouping brigand.</p><p>Since you've already commented about grouping, I'd suggest that you use Melodic chain armor.  This will be a significant portion of your stat boosts, so the Str/Agi/Int combo on the armor will be rather good for you.  Other than that, I suggest that you focus on combat gear.  Most of the MC jewelry is set up for caster stats or combat stats.  These combat gear pieces provide Str/Agi/Sta, which will be more beneficial than the Int increases from caster gear.</p><p>Otherwise I'd just suggest that you focus on Str gear.  This is the bulk of your consistant damage output and should always be your top priority.</p><p>(If you mainly solo, I'd suggest you wear the Str/Agi/Sta chain armor instead of the Melodic.)</p>

[Bozidar]

<p>unless you've got a steady group, you really want STR-STA-AGI in that order.</p><p> You're not an assassin or a ranger, your poison isn't going to make up the significant amount of damage that it does for those classes.  You're not going to have a lot of proc gear that's affected by int, either.</p><p>our power is derrived from STR and AGI now, not just AGI, so agi loses some focus becuase being able to hit hard and take a hit really matter a lot more than your power pool or the minute increase to avoidance in chainmail.</p><p>the bottom line is that in T4 the parses dont matter, you're a brigand.  you could put on the lvl 1 Luck Of The Moor Lad and still out parse most other classes at that level.  Get some health, get some str, and bang something in the rear.</p>

[Jida]

<cite>Bozidar wrote:</cite><blockquote><p> You're not an assassin or a ranger, your poison isn't going to make up the significant amount of damage that it does for those classes.  </p></blockquote><img src="http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/6206/parseaogkf3.jpg" alt="" border="0" />I call BS that Int isn't important. Even at T4 caustic poison will be a major portion of a brigands damage. Usually top 5. (BTW this isn't my parse... I'm borrowing from another raiding brig)

[Anfauglith]

Well if you analize that graph of yours, you'll see the int affects: caustic poison, blade Chime and lycanthropic Rage and Bane of Slain pain, for a total of 13% of your dps...For a t4 player, lycanthropy and bane won't be there...and blade chime (or lower lvl version) most likely won't be there either unless they're grouped with a dirge at all time. so it'll leave something like 6-7% of the dps affected by int...Which means 93-94% of the dps is affected by str now concidering you get into the start of diminishing return by just having a few items with some int on them, int becomes something unimportant...Not that you should look the other way if you can gain some without loosing much of something else...nor should you stop using poisons, it does more damage than any other CA you have, but worrying about your int at this stage is useless.

[duuf]

<cite>Onucia@Crushbone wrote:</cite><blockquote>Well if you analize that graph of yours, you'll see the int affects: caustic poison, <b>blade Chime</b> and lycanthropic Rage and Bane of Slain pain, for a total of 13% of your dps...</blockquote>Blade Chimes controlling stat is STRDuubard

[Jida]

<cite>duuf wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite>Onucia@Crushbone wrote:</cite><blockquote>Well if you analize that graph of yours, you'll see the int affects: caustic poison, <b>blade Chime</b> and lycanthropic Rage and Bane of Slain pain, for a total of 13% of your dps...</blockquote>Blade Chimes controlling stat is STRDuubard</blockquote>It's crit is spell crit % though.. <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/9d71f0541cff0a302a0309c5079e8dee.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" width="15" height="15" />

[Anfauglith]

<cite>Jida wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite>duuf wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite>Onucia@Crushbone wrote:</cite><blockquote>Well if you analize that graph of yours, you'll see the int affects: caustic poison, <b>blade Chime</b> and lycanthropic Rage and Bane of Slain pain, for a total of 13% of your dps...</blockquote>Blade Chimes controlling stat is STRDuubard</blockquote>It's crit is spell crit % though.. <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/9d71f0541cff0a302a0309c5079e8dee.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" width="15" height="15" /></blockquote>Oh I didn't know that...I knew it was spell crit...and disease damage proc is supposed to be int based...well not like soe is the best at logic...lolstill the main point of my post is intact <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />