What AA's should I get for this brigand/dirge duo?

[d24e]

I'm mostly controlling the brigand with dirge on follow for his buffs and occasionally using some of his skills to finish a fight faster or to kill a heroic mob. I'm only lvl 12 but I was wondering what AA's were best to start with for duo leveling them. Mostly doing solo questlines and some heroic ones when they green/grey out if it's doable (I'll try to get as many quests done as I can with these guys so I'm going through every zone in the game), also killing nameds for chests as often as I can.Which AA's are most urgent? I keep reading about Walk the plank so that one first? Which one after that?What about my dirge? This isn't the right forum but I'm not sure if they frown upon double posting on the forums.

[d24e]

Argh, somebody help me decide plz. I have 5 in AGI for lvl 1 walk the plank and just put my first in STR on the way to getting that melee crit bonus (love those big orange numbers). But now I keep reading about this STA or WIS build which are supposed to be great as well.But which of those would work best with a dirge duo?As for dirge AA's, I'm currently going for the WIS end skill (+7.5% crit) with 8 in the speed increase and 6 in cast time reduction so I get the 22 points needed.After that the INT line with 56% DPS increase and finally fortissimo in STA for 10% double attack. The rest is more aimed at the bard class himself but I don't really need those since he's more like my back up dude anyway.

[Bozidar]

what server are you on?

[d24e]

Splitpaw EU, why?

[Bozidar]

<p>spec your brigand for tanking until you get to 80.  start with the STA line, and get everything but the end-line ability.  have your dirge get the STA or WIS line first.  once the dirge gets to the end of the STA line it will really help you tank-out your brig.</p><p>after the STA line for the brig, put a few points into the AGI line and get wtp if you're too lazy to run around the mob when you've used one of your 15 stuns.</p><p>then get the STR line and max out melee crit</p><p>once you get to the brig tree get the tank line to help your resists, taunts, and "intercept" ability if the dirge has pulled aggro.</p><p>that's my opinion, anyway.</p>

[d24e]

Does the tank build still give enough dps to kill named heroics? That's really the main thing I want to spec for, solo quests I can do easily and the heroic ones I'd just wait for them to grey/green out. Those are mostly for the AA, quests completed number and any furniture or utility rewards. But I really want this duo to kill named heroics for master chests and rares to use in crafting.

[Bozidar]

it depends on the level of the heroics.  you're a brigand, you dont need a dirge to help with green heroics.  You're not going to kill white ones unless you've got a full set of updated fabled gear on.