Starting Enchanter need help please :)

[Omnimorph]

Sta is a nice stat for classes where you will max their primary stat with ease (ie, clerics, mages etc) but since chanters have both cha and int, i'd say unless you go high elf (where you get both high cha and int starting) then go for cha.

As a DE enc i put most of mine in cha. It's all about what you will do with the gear you get. Will you max both your cha and your int solely from gear? i don't think so. Once you do get max int / cha, a few pieces of BS jewelry in slots where you had +int items will have your hp above whatever putting ALL your starting points in stam would have got you.

I'm usually all for the people who say sta is a nice stat for every class. But due to chanters having 2 important stats (int for mana, cha for charm, paci, mez?etc) i'd say not in this case since the amount of hp granted for a point of sta won't match the amount you could gain in an item slot not needed for int or cha but just hp / mana etc.

So... go with cha or int, i doubt you'll max both of them just from gear.

[guineapig]

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

Sta is a nice stat for classes where you will max their primary stat with ease (ie, clerics, mages etc) but since chanters have both cha and int, i'd say unless you go high elf (where you get both high cha and int starting) then go for cha.

As a DE enc i put most of mine in cha. It's all about what you will do with the gear you get. Will you max both your cha and your int solely from gear? i don't think so. Once you do get max int / cha, a few pieces of BS jewelry in slots where you had +int items will have your hp above whatever putting ALL your starting points in stam would have got you.

I'm usually all for the people who say sta is a nice stat for every class. But due to chanters having 2 important stats (int for mana, cha for charm, paci, mez?etc) i'd say not in this case since the amount of hp granted for a point of sta won't match the amount you could gain in an item slot not needed for int or cha but just hp / mana etc.

So... go with cha or int, i doubt you'll max both of them just from gear.

You make a very good point about dark elves. And you are correct, in classic you will not be able to max out both charisma and int (well maybe if you have a super rare/unorthodox gear setup that I haven't thought of).

I do still tend to use my charisma and int buffs. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]
(Before you laugh at me, I tend to get dispelled a lot and these are in my junk buff slots)

My point was more that that maxing out int or charisma in classic won't really help you out much on a regular basis. As an enchanter I still get resists regardless of how high my charisma is and I am never above 50% mana so the size of my mana pool isn't doing much for me either.

That's why I stand by armor class and hitpoints.
It's just my play style however and my opinion. Most of the other opinions posted here are also valid and have their merits. Maybe I just get beat on too much and that's why I want more hitpoints [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Some people will always swear by the size of the mana pool, I'm just not one of them. (But I'm also the guy who doesn't care about manastones and therefor doesn't care about being good).

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

If you don't care about having a manastone, you don't care about being good.