bard about to hit 20 quick check to make sure i'm looking good.

[Lucktar]

I've got a elf bard that is about to hit 20 and is in COL.

He's trained as pole-arm bard. He's an alt and has lots of outside spells on him.

Murillio (at level 19), your current skill bonuses and ranks (including all modifiers) are:
Skill Name | Current Current
| Bonus Ranks
Armor Use..............................| 90 20
Combat Maneuvers..................| 90 20
Polearm Weapons....................| 142 42
Physical Fitness.......................| 90 20
Dodging.................................| 86 19
Harness Power........................| 82 18
Elemental Mana Control............| 58 12
Mental Lore - Telepathy............| 58 12
Mental Lore - Transference.........| 1 0
Mental Lore - Transformation.....| 1 0
Perception...............................| 78 17
Climbing.................................| 50 10
Swimming...............................| 50 10
Trading..................................| 93 21

Spell Lists
Bard......................................| 19


Here is what i'm thinking about changing his stats to, these are set to be optimized at level 50

Starting
CO 60
DE 73
DI 50
LO 92
IT 20
ST 80
AG 80
IF 70
WI 60
AU 75

which at 50 will look as follows
CO 72
DE 95
DI 60
LO 97
IT 48
ST 96
AG 95
IF 95
WI 76
AU 96


I'm most unsure about the stats, was hoping to get some knowledgable bards to let me know if the stats look good or should I change before hit 20.


Thanks!

[kutter]

I am just curious, did you set stats to max at cap and look at what they would be at 50 and if so, how much of a difference was there? You will not have enough BP for a fixstat until probably 80 trains minimum. I did not have enough until my 90's.

I personally do not see much advantage in setting stats for anything below cap. Mostly because of how much easier the game is until 50, after that critters get significantly more challenging. I never set any of my alts to anything but cap and the only one I ever felt hindered by it was my paladin and his strength until he got to about 40 and things got better. But if you do not mind grinding lots of bounties or waiting till between 80 and 90, then those stats should make him a wrecking crew, just my .02.

[Lucktar]

They way I look at it, is I don't mind getting a fix stat at cap, seems like setting stats to max at 50 will make leveling easier.

[kutter]

Without question it makes things easier in some respects, my bard is actually from GS3 days and when I came back failed to realize that I got a free fixstat so his are not great, but his stats for hunting are great so he has no issue hunting, but for example hie learns slower than he should. But I have a fixstat for him now so I will be correcting that soon.

[Maerit]

I just tanked INT to 20, and distributed those points to various weaknesses that needed to be addressed (STR for my hafling, as an example) in the earlier levels. I can fixstat at cap, but his INT is the only thing not optimized, which is a very minor limitation even at cap. That means, at cap, he doesn't really need a fixstat until he's so far post-cap that it is the best way to improve, which will be really far post-cap.