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Originally Posted by gundumbwing
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I believe melon is pointing out the fact stamina provides negligible HP per STA point until you get to what, 50? Putting all points into Stam is pretty much a min/max move only useful for people who can afford to twink their chars, or for those who are aiming for raiding.
OP, I'd say if you don't have a lot of plat, want to enjoy the journey of leveling a little better, like grouping with other players, or plan on making alt characters, put them all into STR. It's really not that big a deal not having the STA.
If you have plat to get the good stat gear or want to do raids end game, put them into STA. It's definitely true that STA is harder to gear then STR, and STR is easy to max, and the STA from starter points is better in the long run. But it's just that, the long run.
I myself didn't make any character with all points into STA until I leveled my farmer to twink.
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All of my melee alts get STA. I typically play them from scratch, no twinking whatsoever, not even with a cheap EC weapon. For the first 10-15 levels there is frequent banking and what-not, but any new character banks frequently because every copper counts. It's really no more of a chore than it is for casters who typically dump all of their points into INT/WIS. By level 13 or 14 you can camp Shralok packs for WR. In your teens if you've been saving your plat, you can buy some cheap str jewelry or a Hero Bracer.
If this is a person's first char here, and it typically is when they ask this question, it's a char they will most likely play to 50+ and the fact is they'll probably wish they had the extra HP when they get there. I know I dumped all of my points into STR on my first melee char and when I did get to 50+ I was wishing I had gone STA instead and I was never a heavy raider. More HP is always better as a melee.