stats, and lvling them

[SaiLence]

ok, so a friend and I want to do like a tank/archer combo.

I know that str. gives + dmg to melee and dex + dmg to arcery attacks.

however, my pal wants to make a tank elf(miridan sp?) but since they arent high on strength I was wandering if it makes that much difference?

And does it lvl up as you play and use things like melee?

and is it just me or does human have overall more stats? like 20 all? that means they have more attributed points than other classes? Just curious, thanks.
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Also, when you raise stats is it so little that the racial stats still play an effect in the overall char or could I easily with work gain the +5 dex on a human and catch up to an elf type? Bawsically should the +5 dex make me want to go Miridian instead of human for archery??

[Drekor]

Also, when you raise stats is it so little that the racial stats still play an effect in the overall char or could I easily with work gain the +5 dex on a human and catch up to an elf type? Bawsically should the +5 dex make me want to go Miridian instead of human for archery??
Stats raise fast enough that the base racial stats mean relatively nothing atm. However we have not yet confirmed if this holds true at potential stat caps. Starting out with 5 less str is barely noticeable.