Stat allocation systemFollow

I think it's fine. I like the idea of being able to slightly customize my character, while keeping it reasonable (unlike 1.0). I like being able to pump in some extra str on my DPS classes. I'm not sure if it's incorporated yet, but the ability to reset these when you want to change classes is pretty important imo. Also, being able to save certain builds would be quite nice, especially at 50 when you've got 40 points to throw in. It still wouldn't be nearly as cumbersome as 1.0, but I wouldn't mind that little convenience.

I do wish there were tool tips in-game to tell you what each stat did though.

My answer was a resounding "meh".

I think it's every other level after the initial 3 you get at level 10.

I think it could stand to be improved upon, but it's not dire. A little lackluster, but kindof nice to at least have the option.

It should be noted that I did some checking on this in phase 2, and at least at that time the stat points you allocated were on a per-job basis. So your conjurer can have one set of stat points and your archer had another.

I don't have a second class above 10 in p3, so I don't know if that's continued.

Each job has it's own set of stats. So you don't have to worry about switching between DoM and DoW classes and having your stats be all cold bass honky.

The merit though is a bit lackluster as they've separated core damage dealing DoM and DoW spells which means little to most classes other than tanks who might benefit from diminishing returns in dex, str, and vit. The drawback to stat allocation (especially one without a reset via gil/items) is that it penalizes players early on who don't know what the outcome will be. You won't notice that +3 mind now, but maybe at 50 you'll be regretting it when that 3 mind scales completely differently than it does at lvl 12. The last thing a new player needs is to be kicked from a dungeon because he spent his points wrong and there's nothing within the system to fix that other than starting a whole new character.

I have a feeling that they will allow you to re-allocate points in the release version for a fee. Seeing as how they have the button for it and want several gil-sinks in the game.

They seem to have just chucked this in for people to feel like they're customising their characters to make them unique with little explaination of how much the change in stats will actually do.

So this seems like a reasonable number of replies before I post my own opinion. And the poll at this point is almost dead even on all the choices... which is interesting too.

Personally, I hate this system. The reason I hate it is because it's nothing but a trap. The only thing it can accomplish is making new players bad at their jobs.

Think about it.. let's say I'm playing a DRG. I'm a dps, my job has no other roles, therefore if I spend my points on anything other than maximizing my damage, I'm doing it wrong. But how do I even do that? Well I'd need to know how much damage each point of a stat translates into, and then pick the highest one.. but what if certain stats benefit different abilities differently? So now I have to maximize around a rotation that is going to change as I level up. My skills and dps rotation at level 50 are going to be entirely different than my rotation at level 15.

Especially with no way to fix it except re-rolling. Though that's a fairly mundane problem to solve. This entire system is a relic of 1.0, and it was bad then too.

This gets even more ridiculous when you consider that future patches will buff and nerf abilities over time, so the ideal stat distribution will actually change as the game ages.

30 total. Little enough to make no difference. And enough to give you the illusion that, intheory, you could put those points into
- something else than MND as a conjurer
- something else than INT as a thaumaturge
- something else than STR as a melee class and
- something else than DEX as an archer.

People love the illusion of choice, as long as the system ensures that no wrong choices are possible.

But you absolutely CAN do it wrong.

Let's say I'm a PLD.. would I be better off wearing a piece of gear that gives me +30 VIT or +30 INT? VIT obviously.. right? (right?) And there's no question that having 30 extra in my VIT is more useful to me than 30 extra in INT.

It's not an insubstantial amount. And it's not enough to make up for racial differences either because someone who's the "right" race is STILL going to have the advantage in stats if both he and the person playing the "wrong" race both put their points in the right stats.

It's garbage.

The system is bland and seems pretty pointless. All it does it give people a way to gimp their character.



^ This. Putting those points into the non-optimal stats is only holding your character back. In a party situation having all the points in the optimal stat is going to be the best choice. And for solo, the amount of points is so little that it isn't likely to make a difference between chaining enemies, dying, or completing content that you could not have otherwise.

If they REALLY want to give us the ability to customize our characters they would let us put those points to upgrading the traits that we have. Basically each trait has anywhere from 1-5 points that can be assigned to it to increase effect somehow - totaling, I don't know...50 total across all of them. With the 30 points we're given, we could pick and choose which abilities to make extra better (0.o). I guess it would be similar to merits but I never got to that point in FFXI so I'm not sure how that worked.

-laughs-

Realistically any and every class you choose has their own stat allotment. So point for point you shouldn't wind up any worse or better than you normally would if allocating similarly.

I wonder if it is explained some in all those help windows that pop up. I've been mostly ignoring them. There may have been one about this. -shrugs-