I got a question about heavy armor build.

Dont have experience with seekers in BH100s/TWs so cant comment on that yet but as far as FCC and any BHs below 100 are concerned, vit didnt really matter (at least to me cause mines 5vit) As long as i payed full attention to my health and status and didnt do dumb ****, i didnt die >.> so in terms of your CAP its pretty much just preference really. What number makes YOU feel comfortable?

A well rounded Bm who uses more than one weapon, at a time would cap their vit around 30, so my assumption would be some where around there. I personally haven't statted any vit. But it's also because I run around with a mystic partner b:surrender

Like all others have said before me, it depends on your playing style. I have played a bm and barb prior to this, and I have to say I regret ever statting vit onto my bm. Since I have enough experience questing and doing instances through 80+ on multiple chars, my personal thoughts on adding vit is to only add it if your class is the one taking aggro and tanking or if you will pvp. Picking up or creating apothecary like life powders before lvl 75 (when you can use crab meats) will be enough to keep you alive for your quests.

My seeker is now lvl 87 using the 3str/2dex per lvl build (standard bm build), and I love my damage output and can do pulls easily. I have quested from lvl 1 to his current level, so I understand that "squishiness" phase that happens early on. Ever since lvl 75, crab meats were more than enough to cover for that squishiness due to the lack of vit points. To compensate for lack of vit, my later gear will be refined and sharded, which is the advantage of wearing HA in the first place. It's all a matter of your ability to predict and manage how much damage you take vs. your recovery against that damage.

My general opinion on vit (for PvE as im not a PvP player), with my prior experience, is that the only class that should even invest points in it is a barb. The barb is the only class that is purposely meant to get his hp bar hit, while other classes will temporarily get hit a few times. I think the other classes should invest in points that enhance their primary purpose, since the lack of vit can be compensated by gear later. Sins and archers can live by dex and min str reqs. Magic classes can live by mag and min str reqs. Bm and seeker can live by min reqs and added damage in str or crit chance via dex.

Some will agree with my above philosophy and some will not. I was just shedding more light on the "it depends on your play style" response given by the previous posters. If you are confident enough to manage your hp via powders/genie/hp pots/etc, skip vit or add a small bit. If not, calculate the hp per vit you want to add to make YOU feel confident enough to survive. This is why it's not so easy to give a specific formula. Only the players can determine their own limits.

Hope this helps b:thanks

So far i've been using the 3 str/2 dex build adding vit in every so often as I feel nessicary ( I have 25 vit at level 46) And i'm doing pretty damn good.. But as everyone else says its up to play style. Hehe though about 20% crit at level 105 looks kinda nice.

I got 75 base vit, 7.5k hp with gears and unbuffed, most of our hard hitter skills rely more on weapon damage than anything so worrying about low strength is pointless(please correct me if I am wrong) I have no problems keeping agro with vortex on bosses or pulls in frost so long as i get a head start on bosses anyways, a few crits, zerk crits on vortex for 30-60k+ its hard for anybody aside from the mega geared aps classes to take agro away from that, but then again you wouldnt be tanking any bosses with people like that in your group anyways....speaking as far as people of my own lvl...obviously