In my own opinion, the rule of thumb is to have your stats equal than your level. What's better than that, is to have stats better than your level.
Remember, this is my opinion and not HARD fact.
If you are melee:
Str and Dex for the win; followed by Res.; Acc is for people who have too much time.
Why?
Str: Damage, more the better.
Dex: Hit and dodge, pretty nice that you have a 2 in 1 here.
Res: Haven't seen much of a difference between having a high Res to a low one.
Int: Only if you want to use the I-Whip
Acc: Just for the bonus in the crime success aspect.
If you use ranged:
Acc and Dex for the win; followed by Res and End; Str for using the high tier weapons.
Why?
Acc: If you can't hit them, you can't even think about doing critical damage.
Dex: Dodging is a requirement.
End: For the Ares Pistol
Res: Haven't seen much of a difference between having a high Res to a low one.
Str: A must to use the better guns.
It seems that Ranged users tend to be a forced all-round player, while Melee users do better in combat but worse in crimes (in relation to the stat placement). Although it seems that Ranged users seem to have the ability to switch from Ranged or Melee based according to the requirements for weapons.
I am guessing that if you made a pure Melee warrior, you would go through the level and ranks faster because you would only need to put emphasis on a few stats as opposed to all of them; also because of the low level of overall stats, you would get more exp per hit.
Let us assume this scenario of two level 10 gangsters with 5000 development points; one a Melee fighter, the other a Ranged user.
(1920 development pts. = 10 levels in a stat)
Melee:
Acc: level 1, 0 pts.
Dex: level 10, 1920 pts.
Res: level 8, 1160 pts.
Str: level 10, 1920 pts.
Weapon: RazorWhip
Ranged:
Acc: level 8, 1520 pts.
Dex: level 8, 1160 pts.
Res: level 8, 1160 pts.
Str: level 8, 1160 pts.
Weapon: Peacemaker
Combat is based on stats, weapon damage, and chance, but you can see that the Melee fighter is superior and will gain more xp for the win based on stat levels, (29 vs 32 respectively). Granted, I don't really know the formula for how battles are taken (even if I DID know, I wouldn't post it because I would hate for Zen to tinker with it again).
All this is still my opinion, and I would like to hear anyone else's thoughts and opinions on my theory. Also, if this guide is helpful, I give Yoda the right to use it on his site or let it be stickied here on the forums or moved to help guides. |
