Bard stat questions / twink items?

[Mcbard]

I've honestly found charisma to be nearly useless as a bard. Our mez/charm lasts 18 seconds max, and with very bad charisma (something in the 130s I believe) most of the time both of these will stick for full durations, unless a mob is within 1-2 levels of me in which case it will often break within the first few seconds if it breaks at all. If I had to do everything over I would put all of my starting stats into stam, and what little I had left into dex (song failures are fairly frequent, and dex is always good for procs).

Edit: DEFINITELY spend your twink money on instruments over weapons or armor. Then WR bags imo. When I had begun playing I had very little str, which is no good at all for a plate class. Hero bracer +wr bags helped me out a bunch.