Returning player, need advice please!

[loramin]

Originally Posted by Boarder981 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I use canni all the time and it's great, but doesn't it only give hp to mana at a 60/20 ratio? I read that for sheer mana, wis has a much bigger impact.(

Absolutely, point for point Wisdom gives more mana. But here's the thing: more mana/HP only increases your maximums, not your rate of recovery. Maximums don't help much during the normal course of leveling, it's when things go wrong that they matter. So this begs the question, which will matter more when you get in trouble: mana or HP?

For instance, if you're soloing and get an add, it's your HP reserves that will let you survive long enough to run away, or let you Cannabalize to get the mana you need (but if you have mana and run out of HP you're dead). In a group though you have less risk of dying from lack of HP reserves because you have a healer; however if you get a bad pull you may not have time to Cannabalize and need your mana reserves. But that's a simplification: depending on how you solo, who you regularly group with, etc. it might vary.

So ultimately you should decide which matters more for your play style, and focus on that ... while of course it doesn't hurt to improve *both* Wisdom/Stamina when possible.