Well to be honest, and I have never done this so I can not really talk,
you have to have some logs parsed to know whether you saw what you think
you saw. Like I said, I am too lazy to have ever done these things
myself, but I am also too skeptical to accept that anything has changed
without hard data. Not saying it isn't possible, we know VI.

On that note, I would also go ALL points to STA, like I did with the
monk I made when I came back.

Shada/Erisi

>Greetings and Welcome,

Shada: I too used to hear that having sta at 100+ would circumvent the
bad
effects when your sta bar id depleted. I think that they have (stealth
nerf) changed this recently. Only last week, I had first hand
experience
with a 56 warrior who has sta way over 100 and when his sta bar
depleted,
you could see a noticeable slow down in his attack speed (and when he
got a
sta replenish buff, you could see it get noticable faster.) Even so, I
would
reccommend to ppl starting bards that they max out sta then put the rest
in
dex or str (forget cha - your cha is prolly fine and easy enough to
boost
with jewel craft bracers etc.) Sta adds hps and every little bit helps.

Sylly Songsynger
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