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Originally Posted by brecon
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You're thinking with an end-game raider, Kunark + Velious mentality. If you are a Bard trying to do solo artist challenges or pulling for groups 40-50 in bad gear, the stamina won't save your life as often as reduced crit resists from lulls or from mez resists (both which check to Cha, not just charm and duration)
If you are a solo bard you might also want dex to get quick procs on Orb of Tishan or to stack DD procs. Also, if you are trying to twist 5 songs while soloing, fizzles ARE a big deal.
If you are a true newbie, you might not want to suffer being permanently overweight from level 1-50, so some STR points may make your life more enjoyable.
I'm not saying you're wrong, I'm saying that the question of which is the 'best' allocation of stat points for a bard is very open to how you plan to play, and not everyone plans stat allocations around raiding. The only wrong answers are wisdom, intelligence, and AGI if it pushes you over 85.
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I don't think I'm approaching this with an end-game raider mindset. Going sta seems to make the most sense for anyone planning to be level 60 someday, whether they raid or not. If anything 100hp is a bigger deal for those without plans to get the awesome raiding gear as they wont have those high hp items available to them. 100hp is obviously a higher percentage of your total health the less gear you have.
Do you have evidence suggesting cha affects mez somehow? Not saying you're wron but I'd really be interested in logs like that, and there were long and detailed posts back in the day on The Concert Hall with logs showing that cha really only affected lull resists, missed notes, and possibly charm duration. If cha does affect bard mez here I'm not sure it's classic.
For the specific purpose of proccing orb or other weapons, a 60 bard can buff dex +20. And again there is a lot of dex on bard gear, even at the lower levels. Cha gear is even easier and very cheap. Swap a few items before lulls and you'll be just fine. Not to mention the +45 cha buff bards get. Your examples of cha and dex usefulness seem to be pretty specific situations that you can often prepare for with a few inexpensive items, while hp is useful in virtually any situation. Even if your goal is to be a level 30 group puller I would go sta.