A new player asks for advice

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• Arnold7 Posts: 1,413

  May 2021

  Don’t think mining helps a fighter the way lumberjacking does.  Would think about chivalry or Bushiido (spelling bad)) instead.  Chivalry has nice spells for a fighter esp. without resist spells and I think the other does more damage.  Others will provide better answers.
  
  
• Norry Posts: 536

  May 2021

  Swords 120

  Tactics 60

  Chiv 80
  

  Bush 120

  Parry 120

  
  

  Leaves you 220 to play with

  Could do
  

  100 lumber(offset the lost damage from lower tactics)

  120 anat.

  
  

  Or

  Drop bush giving 340 points

  Healing and anat 100

  Necro 100 for vamp form

  Take tactics to 100
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  
• Bilbo Posts: 2,834

  May 2021

  120 Sword
  110 Anatomy + Jewelry/Tally - 120
  100 Healing
  100 Parry
  110 Tactics + Jewelry/Tally - 120
  100 Resist
  80 Chivalry
• Arnold7 Posts: 1,413

  May 2021

  If you were willing to drop focus and mining, you could add either necro and spirit speak and become a necromancer, or add bushido and chivalry, or add chivalry and resist spells,  if you add Bushido to what you have your parry skill will increase if you have a two handed weapon but will decrease if you use a shield.  Necro and chivalry skills both include the ability to use recall runes.
  
• Arnold7 Posts: 1,413

  May 2021

  Also, look for a good weapon with high life, mana, and stamina leeches.
• Seth Posts: 2,926

  May 2021 edited May 2021

  There is alot to cover in this post, so you should continue to do more research and ask for specific questions. Mine ended being a sampire and I have changed the template and gears more than 10 times over the years, and still upgrading recently. There is alot to learn and pickup so do not expect 100% spoon feeding here.
  

  
  

  Some starting points I would suggest:
  

  
  

  Weapon Skill: 120

  Tactics: 120 (I know many say 60/100, but for max damage go 120 for mastery)
  

  Chivalry: 120 (nothing less, because its useful, e.g. EOO, etc)
  

  Bushido: 120 (Honor, whirlwind, etc)
  

  Parry: 120 (pairs well with bushido)
  

  
  

  Use two handed weapon if you like bushido and find one with
  

  Hit Mana Leech HML (as high as possible)

  Hit Stamina Leech HSL (40-50%)

  Hit Lower Defense HLD
  

  Hit Life Leech HLL (ok for low level but not enough against boss or stronger monsters, say Rend or Putrefier)
  

  
  

  Other than HLL on weapon, think about how you intend to heal...
  

  1) Necromancy - Vampiric Embrace, 20% life leech (100% success), or
  

  2) Healing - need to carry bandage, or
  

  3) Bushido confidence is mainly a backup healing on the run.
  

  4) Chivalry healing - I am not sure how effective is this though as I have only used this in as a last resort when all else fail or ineffective.
  

  
  

  For character template, aim for:
  140 - 150 HP

  150 - 180 Stamina depending on your weapon (research on this as it depends on your weapon type and over SSI)

  Normally 60 - 70 mana if you have a good mana leeching weapon.
  

  
  

  Gears go for
  

  Damage Increase: 100

  Resist: all 70
  

  HCI 45

  DCI 20 (if you are using counter attack) or 45 if not.

  SSI (based on weapon and stamina)

  LMC 45, Armor type better to use Metal armor for reduced stamina loss.
  

  
  

  Ofcourse... if you want a real tank warrior there is no need for lumberjacking, mining. Resist Spells is required only if you deal with blood oath and your template can deliver very high damage (say 150 and above per hit).
  

  
  

  The above is not everything but enough to set you on course for more research... lol
  

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• Arnold7 Posts: 1,413

  May 2021

  Looking at your stats and where you are right now if you only have 225 points to distribute.would consider locking strength in at 100 and probably reduce your mana to 25 or 30 so that you dexterity increases to 95 or 100.   Don’t think any special moves require more than 25 mana.  Warriors need high dexterity for weapon use and healing.  End goal would be to have strength and dexterity over 100. Individual stats are easy to raise or lower later on if you decide you want to place more emphasis on strength, dexterity or mana.
  Think Bilbo’s template would not be to difficult to achieve and that it is a good one.  Some players would replace the resist in his template with Bushino.  You might have to go with 110 power scrolls for anatomy and tactics as the 120 scrolls are getting hard to find and are very expensive.  You will eventually want to get a 25 point stat scroll so you can increase you stats to be more inline with what Seth reccomends.
• zima Posts: 55

  May 2021

  Armor Stamina Loss
  
  Artifacts A-Z
  
  Bushido + Perfection
  
  Champion Spawns or Champion Spawns - UOGuide, the Ultima Online Encyclopedia
  
  Champion Spawn Artifacts
  
  Chivalry
  
  Damage Increase and Multiplier caps
  
  Effects of WEAPON based SSI on Leeches
  
  Enhance Potions
  
  Honor Virtue
  
  Imbuing
  
  Item Properties A-Z
  
  Justice Virtue
  
  Lower Mana Cost
  
  Magic Item Properties (HML, HSL, HLA, HLD, HLL, Hit area)
  
  Material Bonuses
  
  Monsters A-Z
  
  Resisting Spells
  
  Runic Reforging
  
  Parry
  
  Potions list
  
  Powder of Fortifying
  
  Sacrifice (best place to gain is fel, Destard level 2, Shadow Wyrm
  
  Slayer Types
  
  Special moves
  
  Stat caps
  
  Swing speed / Damage calculator
  
  Swing Speed Increase
  
  Valor Virtue
  
  Vampiric Embrace
  
  VvV Items List
  
  Weapons and their Specials
  
  Whetstone
• Arnold7 Posts: 1,413

  June 2021

  Thuntedyou might find this post useful.