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Originally Posted by DeathsSilkyMist
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If we agree that starting stats will not affect your character in a meaningful way
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DSM, this is your problem. We
don't agree on this, because it's very obviously untrue in the case of STR. This is because STR is literally the only stat in the game that is useful 100% of the time when uncapped, if only for increasing your ability to carry extra gold/plat. You may say that this is useless or at best an edge case, but this is indisputably a benefit that STR provides. Further, STR provides an indisputable benefit on each and every melee attack your character makes, from level 1-60. Literally
every single attack is enhanced by extra STR. At the very bare minimum, not having to delete a stack of 1200 gold or being able to carry a few extra FS weapons to vendor is meaningful, because that generates additional plat for the character.
Conversely, the INT stat is only useful to expand the maximum pool of mana available. I agree that this is indisputably a benefit to the character, with the caveat that this benefit will NOT be felt AT ALL for 99.99% of the character's playtime, and will be felt even less the more experienced the player is with the game (since they will know how to avoid situations where having a tiny bit of extra mana made the difference between life and death to begin with). You may claim that having a larger mana pool is more convenient for fear kiting/soloing, but this is simply a matter of opinion, as I can counter-claim (reasonably) that having higher STR for carrying more plat is more convenient. Further, I think that my claim has more merit, since being able to carry more gold/plat provides a tangible benefit over time, while taking a break to AFK med after 28 minutes of kiting vs. 30 minutes is essentially a distinction without a difference.
You seem to be fixated on the idea that INT is worth pumping
simply because it is harder to cap, but by this logic you might as well pump CHA instead. It doesn't matter that INT is harder to cap, it matters if INT is useful enough to warrant pumping instead of STR. And in the case of a moderately twinked Iksar SK alt who will likely never level past the mid 50s, much less approach BiS gear, it simply isn't.