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Telumendil · Oct 26, 2005, 02:23 AM // 02:23

I understand that it give 1% Armor penetration by attribute point in it.
It also boost Strenght skills.

However, I haven't found, at least yet, that Armor penetration give a big advantage compare to point in Tactics that permit me to stay alive much longer with stances.

So unless you use a lots of strenght skills, is it preferable to put point in Tactics instead or spread them between both (and of course your weapon attribute) ?

Does strenght really give a damage dealing advantage ?

Rico Carridan · Oct 26, 2005, 02:48 AM // 02:48

Well, short answer is no, it is not worthwhile to put points into strength exclusively for getting armor penetration (unless you have leftover points that you can't invest elsewhere!), especially since (correct me if I'm wrong) the strength bonus only applies to skills anyway, which makes it fairly unremarkable. On the other hand, particularly in PvP, most of your damage comes from skills anyway, so an extra bit of damage on that can't hurt. In fact, I would go so far as to say that, in PvP, most players generally don't use tactics at all, and invest heavily in strength for both the additional damage, and the fact that there are several excellent PvP skills available (IWAY, sprint, etc) that are commonly used. By contrast, tactics offers a very limited selection of useful skills for PvP, since defensive stances are not particularly useful in that venue. The only PvP tactics skills that are exceptional (for a warrior at least) are Fear me! and Shields up.

In PvE, or for running, I would probably split about 50/50 tactics and strength.

Rico

Oct 26, 2005, 02:23 AM // 02:23	#1
Telumendil Pre-Searing Cadet Join Date: Oct 2005	What the usefulness of Strenght ? I understand that it give 1% Armor penetration by attribute point in it. It also boost Strenght skills. However, I haven't found, at least yet, that Armor penetration give a big advantage compare to point in Tactics that permit me to stay alive much longer with stances. So unless you use a lots of strenght skills, is it preferable to put point in Tactics instead or spread them between both (and of course your weapon attribute) ? Does strenght really give a damage dealing advantage ?

Oct 26, 2005, 02:48 AM // 02:48	#2
Rico Carridan Krytan Explorer Join Date: Aug 2005 Guild: Eternal Comrades Profession: E/Mo	Well, short answer is no, it is not worthwhile to put points into strength exclusively for getting armor penetration (unless you have leftover points that you can't invest elsewhere!), especially since (correct me if I'm wrong) the strength bonus only applies to skills anyway, which makes it fairly unremarkable. On the other hand, particularly in PvP, most of your damage comes from skills anyway, so an extra bit of damage on that can't hurt. In fact, I would go so far as to say that, in PvP, most players generally don't use tactics at all, and invest heavily in strength for both the additional damage, and the fact that there are several excellent PvP skills available (IWAY, sprint, etc) that are commonly used. By contrast, tactics offers a very limited selection of useful skills for PvP, since defensive stances are not particularly useful in that venue. The only PvP tactics skills that are exceptional (for a warrior at least) are Fear me! and Shields up. In PvE, or for running, I would probably split about 50/50 tactics and strength. Rico