One thing to keep in mind is the only time your extended mana pool is used is when you have a full bar of mana. In XP group situations you are rarely full mana and your extended mana pool would be stats better appropriated elsewhere. If you are about to solo a tough mob or break up a hard room with a full mana bar then that extra 250-300 mana makes a difference.
Red and Blue gearing are far different for many reasons and on Red its tough to get high INT scores when you are geared heavily towards HP and resists and you don't really consider cranking all your bonus points into INT. On Blue people don't have to worry about catching a Fire or Ice spell at any time or getting pounded on by a monk, giving a whole different mentality to gearing.
Regardless of what you choose to point out at roll, you don't want to be over the 200 INT softcap, when they are mostly wasted stat points. (Unless your gear is so uber you cant even help it)
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