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mspain wrote: »

WEAPONS: Ive been looking around sites trying to decide what weapon(s) I'd be interested in mastering. To be honest, all of the Blademaster compatible weapons look totally badass, but I just cant decide. I'm leaning towards spears/polearms, just because I use them in almost every other MMO I play. I would appreciate some seasoned advise on this subject.

Axes, dual axes specifically. They need your level * 3 in Str to be able to weild. They do the most damage of all the weapons, plus need the most strength which in itself boosts your damage a bit more. The reason for dual, is they're a bit slower then single, but do more damage per attack then single. On auto-attack that evens out, but special are based on your singular attack damage and the higher that is, the stronger your specials are.

mspain wrote: »

STATS: I'm under the impression that for a common hybrid build I should put my points into STR and AGI solely for weapons and armor and the rest should go into CON. But I'm confused as how I'm supposed to know every stat requisite for each piece of equipment... My perfectionist/completionist personality would force me to spend hours planning everything out. Is there any shortcut to know when to put what stats where?

Axes; 3 str per level required.
Heavy Armor; 2.5 str & 0.5 dex needed per level.
Light Armor; 1 str & 1 dex needed per level.
I suggest always wearing heavy, but being capable (with enough dex) to wear light armor as it gives more magic resistance in those cases where you fight some mobs that are magic only. That leaves 1 point per level to put into Vit. Most advise to cap Vit at 50, although i cant say i know why 50 is the magic Vit number for BMs. After that put it into str or dex. also remember that those numbers required per level are actually +4 (meaning you need 1 dex per level + 4 for light armor, but that is compensated for by that fact that you start with 5 dex at level 1, ie. already +4) That is true for any armor requirements.