help with bonus pointsFollow

The effect of the points is very slim, so either go straight main stat or balance it as you play your class.

Thanks guys!

I noticed when I put a point into vit it only gave me 3 additional HP (or something very miniscule)lol i was wondering if vit does more than Max HP

Maybe as a hyur vit as pld isn't that necessary?

If you change your mind mess up, is there a way to re-allocate points?

Strength Increases melee attack power and the percentage of damage mitigated by block and parry.
Dexterity Increases ranged attack power and the chance of blocking or parrying an attack.
Vitality Increases maximum HP.
Intelligence Increases attack magic potency.
Mind Increases healing magic potency.
Piety Increases maximum MP.
Fire Reduces the amount of damage received from fire-aspected attacks.
Ice Reduces the amount of damage received from ice-aspected attacks.
Wind Reduces the amount of damage received from wind-aspected attacks.
Earth Reduces the amount of damage received from earth-aspected attacks.
Lightning Reduces the amount of damage received from lightning-aspected attacks.
Water Reduces the amount of damage received from water-aspected attacks.
Accuracy Increases the accuracy of physical and magical attacks.
Critical Hit Rate Increases the probability that an attack will deal critical damage.
Determination Increases the amount of damage dealt by all attacks and the amount of HP recovered by spells.
Attack Power Increases the amount of damage dealt by physical attacks.
Skill Speed Reduces the recast time of weaponskills.
Attack Magic Potency Increases the amount of damage dealt by spells.
Healing Magic Potency Increases the amount of HP recovered by spells.
Spell Speed Reduces the cast and recast times of spells.
Defense Reduces the amount of damage received from physical attacks.
Parry Increases the probability that an attack will be blocked or parried.
Magic Defense Reduces the amount of damage received from magical attacks.
Slashing Reduces the amount of damage received from slashing attacks.
Piercing Reduces the amount of damage received from piercing attacks.
Blunt Reduces the amount of damage received from blunt attacks.
Morale Reduces the amount of damage received from other players’ attacks.
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I've been doing a 3:3:2 ratio for STR/DEX/VIT on my Hellsguard LNC. Points into STR is a no-brainer for a DPS class; DEX is for parry rate, which goes hand in hand with Keen Flurry; VIT bumps up my HP a little.

I might change that to 4:2:2, or even just go 4:2 and leave out VIT entirely.

As far as the DoM classes, I used the NPCs to speed level both to 15 before putting two points into Piety for a slight MP boost and 3 points into either INT or MND depending on which class it was.

I mainly did VIT for the same reason I merited HP on my Galka in XI; somewhere down the road, those few extra HP may mean the difference between being KO'd or not. If my staying upright with that extra 5 or 6 HP means I get to help put down whatever we're fighting that much quicker, I'm OK with that.

As far as PIE goes, I didn't do anything with THM or CNJ beyond using the NPCs to speed level them to 15 to pick up some potential cross-class skills. I don't know how much extra MP (if any) I got from it.

I tested out VIT, and it gives 8 HP per point. For WARs with Defiance up, that's good for 10 HP per point. Each point may not amount to much, but it will add up pretty nicely in the long run.

As an armchair point allocator, you can't go wrong with VIT no matter what. You're no good to anyone dead, and more HP helps prevent that.

Otherwise, it's a choice of accuracy, damage, more MP (if it's relevant), or more healing potency (if it's relevant). Personally, I'd look into what stat ends up being more expensive and /or rare, equipment-wise, and augment that. But if money is no object, you'll probably be pressured into a typical glass cannon build unless you're a healer or tank because damage is all anyone cares about.

I did it as a level 20 MRD. It could be the level of the class affecting it. I guess more experimentation is needed.

Thanks for the clarification. I think that's what I'm going to end up throwing all my points into with MRD.

DEX is also fairly important for botanists because some nodes offer an additional gathering attempt upon a successful dexterity check. The extra gathering attempt is a big deal when coupled with certain botanist abilities. For example, that one extra strike can yield an additional 5 crystals when coupled with a ward ability. Given the frequency with which those checks proc, a gatherer could reasonably walk away with an additional 100 crystals in a given gathering session.

That's actually the first I've heard of primary stats affecting gathering classes. It makes sense that they would, but there seems to be very little information out there about it.