Am I messing up because I don't know what stats to choose when I level up?

[White Knuckle]

I'm confused on what archetype I like the main protag to have, so I've leveled up magic and physical dmg up equally. Now I'm wondering if I goofed. Can you respec?

[Klinestife]

from multiple sources, you can't respec.

don't worry, you probably didn't goof too hard. archetypes give enough stats on their own to make them usable no matter who you put them off, even if they're not optimal.

[Vaigrant]

I have been doing a Shangrila build. Pumping everything in to Luck.

Been making it work, and some of those drops are really nice, like a hit all enemies Fire item.

[zero]

in general one of your stats is always gonna round robin itself around your stats, so it'll even it out over time, but like a third of your stats come from your current archtype, and you can get perma bonus by maxing them out, so you have a lot of ways to somewhat fix them if you keep playing.

[White Knuckle]

Originally posted by Klinestife:

from multiple sources, you can't respec.

don't worry, you probably didn't goof too hard. archetypes give enough stats on their own to make them usable no matter who you put them off, even if they're not optimal.

Thank you! I was hoping that the personal stats would give a bit of an edge, but not ruin your game if you spec incorrectly.

[REBirthTheEdge]

Honestly I'm gonna be honest and say I dunno.
For the protag, I'm building him to be a Magic Knight/Crusader thing so I pump both STR and MAG, seems like a good thing to do.

[RupderDucky]

You can save your points when you level up and decide later. I play on difficult and I'm at level 25 andhave 5 or so points I haven't allocated.

I would recommend focusing on range and healing since the first 3 companions you get are melee focused with bad magic.

[White Knuckle]

Originally posted by REBirthTheEdge:

Honestly I'm gonna be honest and say I dunno.
For the protag, I'm building him to be a Magic Knight/Crusader thing so I pump both STR and MAG, seems like a good thing to do.

How important do you think endurance is, or the stat that helps you take less damage?

[Klinestife]

Originally posted by HypeDog:

Originally posted by REBirthTheEdge:

Honestly I'm gonna be honest and say I dunno.
For the protag, I'm building him to be a Magic Knight/Crusader thing so I pump both STR and MAG, seems like a good thing to do.

How important do you think endurance is, or the stat that helps you take less damage?

playing on hard, i personally didn't prioritize it too much. i have 36/8/12/12/9 as my base stats before gear/archetypes and i haven't been feeling any survivability issues. but maybe it's because on hard, i'm already getting 2shot by bosses regardless.

[Telaros]

Originally posted by Klinestife:

Originally posted by HypeDog:

How important do you think endurance is, or the stat that helps you take less damage?

playing on hard, i personally didn't prioritize it too much. i have 36/8/12/12/9 as my base stats before gear/archetypes and i haven't been feeling any survivability issues. but maybe it's because on hard, i'm already getting 2shot by bosses regardless.

lol This! The best defense is a solid offense! The longer they live the harder your life will be. xD

EDIT: Debuffing 2-3 times their stats down makes life easier when you get those skills and items

[Prometheus]

If stats in this game work like in SMT games then it compares the relevant offensive stat to your defense stat and adjusts the damage based on the difference. So if you get hit with a physical attack it takes the enemy's str and compares it to your endurance.

So it does help to invest in defense. However in the end what matters is how many hits it take you to die. There will be clear and obvious breakpoints but we really don't know what those are right now as the game is still very new. Someone will eventually work out "have this much for this boss fight to have this many hits to live".

[REBirthTheEdge]

Originally posted by HypeDog:

Originally posted by REBirthTheEdge:

Honestly I'm gonna be honest and say I dunno.
For the protag, I'm building him to be a Magic Knight/Crusader thing so I pump both STR and MAG, seems like a good thing to do.

How important do you think endurance is, or the stat that helps you take less damage?

The protag is NOT meant to tank, Hulkie does that so you can skip it, me think.

[Soulcrusher842]

Not sure about the stats myself. I now started to look a bit more into this and currently at level 22 ish.

I choose I have a sharp mind so it feels like my "random" stat increase tend to be mag more.

I picked up the Warrior archetype to see what stat bonuses I get. Strohl gets plus 10 STR and I get like 5/6 STR. I wonder if my beginning choice also affects stat bonuses from archetypes?

I've been putting stats into Mag / Luck / Str in that priority order. I sprinkle some points into Agility for defense as I feel endurance is not great. My idea is to be well rounded.

Kinda second guessing if I should have went into strength more. Also I have no idea how Almighty damage scales. Seems like it's Str / Luck (Merchant).

[Feeding 101]

Mag and Luck.... I just hit them with magic from the rear

[REBirthTheEdge]

What does Luck even do, btw?

Critical and better item drop rate? I might start to invest in it.

[Soulcrusher842]

On top of item drop and crit rate, it supposedly increases the chance to apply ailments.