I have found having more hp than strength really helps more than having a big chunk of defence rating. Even though you might get hit for a little bit more, the extra hp tottaly makes up for it so you can't even tell you have lost any defence rating and you would be able to tank more for longer using less hp potions. Oh and first post =)

I kind of agree. For fighters, it does seem like taking an endurance bonus is worth any defense rating loss you get on armor. I still pile stuff into strength because I don't need to tank things for as long if they're dead, but the defense rating on strength isnt really necessary.

From a durability stand point, end boosting is more important than str boosting.

Keep in mind that the only purpose of END is to boost hit points, while STR boosts both offense and defense.

Of course you'll want to balance the two. If you use little to no potions currently, then you're probably END heavy and could be killing faster by boosting your STR.

Then I think I'm END overloaded . I just hit lvl 22 with 6300+ hp's. But I do 500-1000+ damage with the hammer I'm using.

What lvl and hp are the rest of you?

Bogey

I'm lvl 41 with HP around 9k and max damage of 1k on each of my freakin' fast 1h weapons. I'm about equal str/end right now.

I'm lvl 55 with about 10k hps. For soloing in the HDoL probably 7k - 8k is optimal, but I prefer a bit of a buffer so I dont have to constantly be drinking health potions.

so of the 3 that posted lvl and hp i'm roughly half or less of the lvl's with 2/3 of the hitpoints.
but i'm doing over 1000 dam with the hammer i'm using so is it defence that i'm lacking? actually i think my agi is more than my str?????
oh well.... how hard is the widow to solo??? i'm somewhere in there now.

Bogey

If your hammer is slothful, you're doing half as much damage as I am. There's no good way of calculating DPS, but at least post the speed of whatever weapon(s) you're using.

Edit: And for reference, I think my def is around 2300 with my current gear, atk is 700ish.



Edited by Swordgleam (04/11/07 12:13 AM)

ya it seems that watever u do ull have a high defence. I havent reached 700 agil yet but it seems to be over 100 pts so im guessing around 150-200 pts in agil will do u good for the rest of the game if i read these forums correctly.

alright I wrote this down last night while I was on for reference.....

Lvl 22 Fighter
Hammer spd is Grandma


With Equip Without
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Str 86 55
Agi 82 37
End 145 38
Int 21 15

Dam 483-1123 5-8
Atk 574 259
Def 911 316

HP 5838 forgot to check
Mana 348 forgot to check

of course I've lvl'd twice since this was actual.

Also I'm for refernce I'm using ranger gear because it doesn't have the movement penalty that the warrior stuff I've found has...

Bogey

Str(DEF/DMG) is more important than End. I currently have 5000def... and a good chunk of attacks miss me(50%+). In HDoL at most I will use 1 potion in the first 30secs of a big battle cause there are so many ranged attacks, but if there are few/none ranged attackers, i can last way longer. And fodder/Normal in HDoL go down in 1-3 swings. HP over 10K is overkill. I use almost all Hippo gear now... the str bonus is awesome. 1 agil ring and I am good to go.