Making Half-Elf Bard...startings stats?

[Autum]

I used to play a bard on live back in 2001-2003 and came to the conclusion that stamina was the way to go. Although I initially put points into charisma and such when I created the character, once I got high level I never really gave much value to it. I don't recall ever being passed 150 or 160 charisma fully geared and don't remember ever having an issue with charm/mez etc.

I geared my bard almost identically to how I would gear a warrior (as did all the bards in my guild at the time) with the thought that a dead bard sings no songs.

Although that extra 10 stamina or whatever it comes out to be will not add that many HP in the end, if you follow a general trend of going for stamina/HP and AC there will be a huge difference with your overall finished product.

Even if you're not tanking as a bard, in most group and raid situations whenever there's an add, or five or six, the bard is usually the one that gets stuck with the aggro at first b/c of your songs. Having the HP and AC will keep you alive so that you can mez/charm/do whatever it is you're doing. No matter how much charisma you have, you cannot mez anything if you're dead or your songs keep getting interrupted.

Anyway, I've written enough. That's the strategy that worked for me, make of it what you will.

-Autum