Having played primarily elves and knights in my lineage career, I can't speak too well to the considerations of other classes, but I'd like to offer my thoughts on at least one aspect of the decision where to allocate your stats.
Under the current system (the stat-reroll candles have not yet been implemented into our server) there are two things that you can't fix later in the game, if you don't consider them at the early stages. They are HP and MP. If you're a knight, you can add to STR whenever you want, and the bonuses will apply regardless of when you added. The same is true for DEX, regardless of what level you are when you add it, the ER and AC bonuses will apply corresponding to that level.
With HP and MP, it is different, because the important HP/MP bonuses are based on level ups, and they apply at the time you level up. Adding to CON in the end game provides far less of an advantage than adding to CON in the early stages. If you add one point to CON at level 51, and later reach 71, that's 20 level ups where you get the benefit of that added CON point. if you wait until level 71 to add the stat, you get zero level ups to benefit from. WIS works the same way for MP.
My suggestion, under the current system, add to CON or WIS early and often, maximize your HP or MP for the late stages, because you can't make up for it later on.
Waiting to add things like DEX STR INT will make it more difficult to level up as quickly as if you max them out early. On the other hand, maxing them out early makes it much easier to level up quickly, and maximize the number of levels you can achieve. That strategy may be worth considering with the eventual stat reroll candles. The more level ups you have made, the more stat points you will have to reallocate with the reroll.
In a boosted XP server, I think it's worth while to level slightly less quickly, for the advantages that come in the end game with ultra high HP or MP.
Friday, May 21, 2010
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Totally agree with you... although I actually didn't quite do it that way myself. :(
ReplyDeleteI wonder what the difference in max HP is at say, lvl 65 with 18 CON vs pumping it up between lvls 52 and 65.
In the next major update, CON and WIS bonuses will always apply to your HP/MP, just like in Lineage 2, and like every other RPG ever made. :P
ReplyDeleteThat will make adding to them early less important, and also might make their respective amulets actually maybe worth using. XD