Sylvan Stat Priority

Quellan

Hi all,

I'm a newly minted sylvan and I'm having a little difficulty choosing traits and a racial specialisation. I've asked some members of my House about it, but their answers have differed by personal opinion, so I thought a bigger sample size might be warranted.

In basic terms my question is whether Constitution or Intelligence is a more important stat for a sylvan. Beyond that I'm curious about whether I'd be better off going all-in on one of them, or balancing them.

As an example, as a grook if I were to specialise into intelligence but spend a trait on constitution, I would end up with 15 int and 13 con. Is this a good mix or would doing the opposite be better? That would leave me with 14 in each. If I went all-in on one it would be 16 int or 15 con, but I've heard that there are diminishing returns on higher stat numbers?

Alternatively, am I looking at this wrong and my better bet for a trait would be something like quick-witted or receptive body?

Thanks in advance for any help.

Sena

There's no universal best choice, but personally I prefer to focus mostly on offence after getting a certain amount of basic defence. For some classes, that means a mix of con and str/int (or full str/int with defensive arties), but sylvan gets enough of a defensive boost (with viridian and staff) that I'd go with full int even without arties.

Quick-witted is much more important than 1 stat point though, so get that for your first major trait slot, and int with your second.

Regarding diminishing returns, that generally only applies to the damage bonus from str/int, and not any other stats or the other effects of int.

Taraza

Normally I suggest for novices to go with con until they reach either a certain skill level such as viridian in your case or a certain actual level. The reason is for you to actually survive more sufficiently against hunting and even combat situations. (If you take part in the latter) 

Although it really depends on your preferences as well with what -you- really want to focus on in your later stages. But yes, Intelligence will be perhaps the most beneficial to assist your class in terms of stat to make USE of your skills, in terms of livability, con will play a role in that as well. You could also set your auto sipper on the server side quite high to like 95% to help a fair bit. In terms of traits, quick-witted would be highly beneficial for you due to most of the Sylvan skills are equilibrium regained. 

Overall, yes, if I were you I would stick with con until I have learned to Viridian and then migrate over to Intelligence. I would however make sure that at least one of my major traits was quick witted though. 

Kez

Quellan said:

Oh, uh, what effect does viridian actually have on constitution that makes you guys discount needing extra con? The AB file actually doesn't say.

It gives +2 con and armour on par with chainmail.

Austere

Personally,  I would spec full con until you get viridian,  then rotate everything to int.  

Quellan

What do you guys mean by migrate? Can you freely change traits and specialisations?

Quellan

Oh, uh, what effect does viridian actually have on constitution that makes you guys discount needing extra con? The AB file actually doesn't say.

Taraza

You have one free trait reset and reincarnation overall so yes you technically can change with the free one before spending anything or waiting on a promotion or something where something like that is granted. Unfortunately, you cannot freely change traits or specialisations. 

Quellan

Thanks all, that helps.