I was mostly attempting to analyze the differences between 24 and 25 dex and the difference between sword and staff/spear. But ontop of that, also analyzing the AMOUNT of difference between the two and if one out weighs the other. Might be trivial, but I was curious nontheless.
The part about whether giving up a attacks by using a spear over a sword wasn't meant to imply I was looking for a "should I make a sword or staff guy?" but more of a "are the additional defensive bonuses of a staff enough to outweight the additional attacks you'd otherwise be missing out on with something else?"
I remember back in the day, someone I knew had a spear/staff arial and he tanked the universe without breaking a sweat, but I don't know how effective he was at putting some hurt on people.