Senses instead of Speed for initiative?

[dualwield42]

I'm thinking of doing a hybrid Priest that goes: INT / SEN / DEX / STR

Now the question is, does raising SEN provide enough initiative compared to SPD?

Snake Speed probably won't matter to me too much, as I would probably rather put points into Divine, Fire, or Power Cast...

For melee focused classes, I could see why you would go with Speed since it opens up more attacks. But for a caster, your weapon skills won't be high enough to take advantage of the multiple attacks as much.

[ZarahNeander]

Both speed and senses gives you .2 points initative, so at the end of the day, it doesn't matter. Speed might give you other benefits like moving farther after a movement command, but I'm not sure.

[Limouzine]

Both speed and senses give you initiative. So it's better to level up both if you want your character to hit first.

My rouge has good senses and speed than any of the party members, so he's always the one to go first.

Whichever stat is lower, raise them up if you want them to be the first to make an attack. If their speed is high but have low senses, raise their senses up and vice versa.

However, it is also recommended that your healers and other support classes have the higher initiative as they will be able to save their party members from death by being the first party members to make their turn.

That way, the party member you're trying to save won't die until it is finally the healer's turn.

[azxcvbnm321]

Speed and senses are the stats to raise up after INT and PIE in casters. My Bishop is currently raising both speed and senses, but will never catch up to my Ninja which already has both maxed.

[Teralitha]

I just raise vitality and piety. And I work on all spell schools. But, when the game no longer lets me add points, then I add it to intel and speed.. My motto is just paralyze or web the enemy so my team doesnt take damage.