Thanks very much! What about stat points? I assume strength, obviously, but what about the rest? What will make leveling easier?
Actually like every other Melee class Strength does NOT give a great early boost to damage. It will be better to buy a Higher level weapon and upgrade it a bit of possible to get more Damage from it. Also Dexterity is always needed especially in renewal to be able to hit guys.
Now technically I have a lvl ~53/10 Blacksmith, though I leveled her PreRenewal and Leached Hode Turn in's from my Hunter, I really don't have any idea of whether a Agility Build or Vit Build is better for Merchants in General. Also the irowiki builds are severely out of date for this class as each one tells you to keep str in multiples of 10, which was only important pre-renewal.
Merchants and their advanced classes usually work best with Axe and Mace class weapons for melee damage.
Edited by EvilLoynis, 13 February 2011 - 08:04 PM.