Bard Stats for Leveling

[doughal]

Just about to hit 20 sometime this evening.

Looking for advice on stat placement for fast leveling. My plan is to get a fixstat potion later down the road around when I get closer to cap, but to have the best stats now that won't cripple me in the intermediate levels between now and when I eventually Fixstat.

Elf Bard
Polearms (until around lvl 70 or so when I'll switch to pure.)

Starting Stats
Str - 80
Con - 70
Dex - 72
Agi - 79
Aur - 70
Dis - 78
Log - 98
Int - 20
Wis - 53
Inf - 60

That would give me at lvl 20:
Str - 86 (18)
Con - 75 (12)
Dex - 82 (21)
Agi - 85 (32)
Dis - 81 (0)
Aur - 80 (20)
Log - 100 (25)
Int - 35 (-7)
Wis - 62 (6)
Inf - 73 (21)

That would give me decent Str for swinging weapons, enough Agi/Dex bonus to swing a lance in 5sec, and fastest possible absorption of exp.

Is there anything I should consider changing that might make the character unplayable/difficult as I get higher levels?

Thanks.

[Frogman452]

The only thing that might be a bit of a drag is the wisdom. It would help if you have a consistent source to get spirit warding 1 and 2 but if not eventually you will run into problems getting warded. Especially with the -5 modifier you get already from being an elf. Tough to pick a stat to steal from to accommodate the wisdom though. At first I thought agility but then it would likely take longer to get to 5 secs with a lance. I still might choose that and dex and try to find some enhancives/ag badge to get you over the rt hump.

[Aluvius]

I'm probably a masochist, but I'm toying with my level 20 stats and thinking of setting LOG for a 0 bonus with key stats (STR, AUR, INF .. it would also allow me to get INF to at least non negative) maxing around level 60. I figure that'll be a good time to fixstat to max cap stats and extend my time in the lower money making levels.

It'll be a bit frustrating, but I have a logic dagger set if I get desperate. We'll see, I'm gonna test it out from 18 to 19.

[doughal]

Unfortunately I didn't see Frogman's post until after I had to make my lvl 20 decision, so I ended up actually taking Wisdom even lower. Hopefully I didn't gimp character too badly. I knew Bards have a warding issue but I'm hoping that doesn't hit too hard until high enough level that I won't mind using the Fixstat. I've been attending the Dreavening while I'm in the landing which spells me up so much I'm lit up like a Christmas tree, but I do have a pocket empath that can give me the spirit wardings once I move to Illistim.

Here's what I ended up with.
Level 0 Stats, Elf Bard

Strength (STR): 80
Constitution (CON): 70
Dexterity (DEX): 69
Agility (AGI): 82
Discipline (DIS): 83
Aura (AUR): 60
Logic (LOG): 98
Intuition (INT): 20
Wisdom (WIS): 42
Influence (INF): 56

Lvl 21 Stats:
Race: Elf Profession: Bard (not shown)
Gender: Male Age: 0 Expr: 538334 Level: 21
Normal (Bonus) ... Enhanced (Bonus)
Strength (STR): 87 (18) ... 87 (18)
Constitution (CON): 75 (12) ... 75 (12)
Dexterity (DEX): 79 (19) ... 79 (19)
Agility (AGI): 89 (34) ... 89 (34)
Discipline (DIS): 85 (2) ... 85 (2)
Aura (AUR): 70 (15) ... 70 (15)
Logic (LOG): 100 (25) ... 100 (25)
Intuition (INT): 35 (-7) ... 35 (-7)
Wisdom (WIS): 52 (1) ... 52 (1)
Influence (INF): 71 (20) ... 71 (20)
Mana: 70 Silver: 0

[Frogman452]

With a spellup you should be just fine. And honestly logic and physical stats probably get more use as you are constantly absorbing exp and fighting wheras warding happens less frequently. Looks like a fun build!