I've seen some chatter about how dex scales, like the difference between 25 and 24 is greater than 24 to 23 etc. which would make something like an arial sword or staff spec extremely defensive (and potentially good for exploring / pve?) however with that said, how would you rank the following builds in terms of defensive capabilities?
a. arial sword spec
b. arial staff / spear spec
c. welf sword spec
d. welf staff / spear spec
If say, staffs are better defensively than swords, would a difference of one dex put the swords above staffs or is it not enough to negate the difference? Furthermore, to complicate matters, (and with the exception of felar), would missing your dual wield for a staff be worth sacrificing the marginal difference between a staff and spear? Lastly, what if felar or elves were added to that list with their 23 dex?
Thanks for helping and sorry if I'm being to analytical for a newbie.
-Dano (random new guy trying to figure this shit out.)
edit: I'm not taking into consideration edges or anything earned of that sort, since I haven't really developed a character far enough along to get involved in that kind of thing yet.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/30/2013 11:39AM by Dano.