Is my Fighter Doomed? Advice Needed
 

Hey, After some KQs I noticed I have pretty low defence. I'm level 15 if it matters with these stats.

STR: 46+7
DEX: 30
END: 32+7
INT: 7
SPR: 16

Should I restart? My stats don't look great and people my level say they have 130-145 DEF. Thanks!

I dont see a reason for you to restart. Your stats look fine to me.

Oh Okay, Should I add STR or Pump END? Thanks.

Well if your thinking you have very little defense then I would pump end but I don't think you need much end yet so I would add str for a while.

you should do what you want.

those are the 2 stats most fighters pump, so just add to them how you like.

keep with 1:1 or maybe switch to 1:2 str:end, or even just pump one of those stats non stop. in the long run 7 misplaced points will make no difference.

Oh okay, I choose to pump END, when should i start pumping STR again?

It will balance out. Later once you reach 20 and pump in your level 2 skills you'll notice your SP going down faster than your health. This isn't always good for the long haul exspecially when it comes to the Level 1 Power Hit (pretty strong.)

You'll notice you might want to balance out SPR too. It'll work on defense + SP.

What you're doing now is good with the END. Perhaps just try to maybe round it out so it's in incriments of 5. So if you're pumping END right now, at job change or even during the course of your level-ups to make the STR +10 so you get that bonus.

If in any cause you feel that you're lacking SP, it's probably better to just use rings to pump that stat instead of putting in the bonus points into it. You can switch it up according what you're training on. If you have Potion Production and/or Scroll Production... you can choose to hunt in areas that drop the materials and eventually use the (forgot the name of the scroll) scroll that adds to your max SP amount.

I was tanking Marlone and Mara in the KQ with xx +2 END at level 20 (with Vitality and Def scrolls), so I don't see how you're doomed.

Your stat point distribution don't make that much of a difference in this game if you really think about it. This is mostly due to the fact that when you level up you get stats added as well, which is your main source of getting stronger. If you choose to add str it doesn't make that much of a difference. You'll maybe have extra damage, but it won't be that noticeable of a difference. If you get End, you have extra HP/some def early on, but you can do without it and tank just as well (wackyboi's post).

Based on my experiences of a pure str fighter in cb and then a mostly end fighter in ob (5:1 end/str)

So no, you should not restart. 1:1 str/end isn't that bad of a build anyway. If you have less def than people your level, it's mostly because they have better armor than you, cleric buffs, or def scrolls on, and not the fact that you don't have pure end. I get a 13 def bonus only with 26 end (.5 def/end)

is that really true?

makes no difference, because i think it does.

It's true, just think about it.

You should be fine xD

think about it. each level up fighters get tons of str and end. double that with the rather meager bonus you get from adding stat points, and once you hit like level 40 in the game, you wont even notice the difference.

most of the time, scrolling up will make a bigger difference than stat points would.

Dude might be your equip...
 

Check what your wearing... though I may not be an expert... but my fighter is still pretty good ^.^ out during those 2 or 3 levels ahead of me ^.^

Equipment is important or almost mandatory for a fighter. Armor, shields, helmets, and boots all add alot of defence when put together and among those Armor and Shield adds the most.

So if other fighters say that they have a higher def it might be because of their equipment.

Armor is different from weapons when upgraded it doesn't have flashy animation... and those 7 points really to me doesn't play much of a role in have a "big" difference between your def and other chars def.

Easily said "Check your Equipment" ^.^