Delacroix wrote:I didn't quite get what this means. Is it harder to play as them? And, I do want to go down a path that allows me to spec up a secondary stat. I've been told that I should wait out till I'm level 40 before I even try it. Suppose if i want to spec up my Wis ( kinda mage route) will there be any benefits if i start doing it at level 35 as a twin-blade rogue? Or would that just mess up my character? Sorry, if my questions seem really foolish, I wouldn't want to be in a high level and then realize i've messed up my char lol.
Squishy means that they are very lacking in HP and defence. Well, bows are the same, but they are more safe since they play from a longer range. It is kind of harder to play twins, but in exchange, they have one of the better basic attacks.
The basic attack is fast fast, and it also does somewhat decent damage... not that you'll be using mainly basic attacks for long. The problem lies in the fact that twin swords high damage skills keep you immobile for a while to really dish out the dps (but you can cancel and roll). So in short, it takes decent reaction time and good reflexes, even more so than power based weapons because at least those people have a higher chance of surviving a hit.
The benefits... well, secondary stats do provide you with a significant amount of boosts, but you shouldn't be expecting to be able to use the weapon for a long time. You won't have scaled-in mage damage until like level 70+ if you start speccing wisdom later.
But again, your twin swords damage will start to get gimped from the lack of dex once you switch out your affinity maga for skill force maga. (In general, skill force magatama provides more damage than affinity magatama, even if the skill force % is lower.)
To be specific, putting your stats points in wisdom provides: Maximum SP pool/SP regen, as well as 1 spell cast speed/8 points, and 1 critical rate/24 points.
Stacking more dex provides you with: 1 Cooldown/10 pts, more twin/bow affinity (damage), an unknown amount of critical damage, 1 crit rate per 12 points.
Honestly, I'd say that you can put in
a little bit at that level. You won't be messing up your character, regardless of what you do, since most people spec wisdom at later levels for cast speed regardless. But what you will be doing is making the rest of the game harder for yourself, proportionally to the amount of points that you put into your secondary status. (Until you scale in with your secondary stat.)
This is because affinity scales in a non-linear fashion, providing increasing returns for more invested points.
Edit
The reason that wisdom builds are not as great early on is because of the insane sp costs that skills require. Specifically for wands and staves, sp cost scales down with Wisdom. Check the wiki for more detailed information, including a chart that shows the amount of cost reduction that each wisdom threshold provides.