tsaescishoeshiner wrote: »Long story short for PvE DPS:
1) Pick either max mag or max stam, because your skills will scale with whichever's highest. All you need is enough recovery to use the mix of skills you have. For example, there are stam arcanists who stack max mag because they use Mages Guild skills
2) You can mix light and medium armor in any amount, you don't need 5 of either for the passives any more. You still might want 6-1 or 7-0
3) Most non-hybrid builds use 1-2 skills in their off-stat anyway, because it helps with sustain and lets you use the highest-damage skills
Whichever is higher between the two will always be used: max stam vs max mag, weapon damage vs spell damage, weapon crit vs spell crit. All weapons scale with either, so a lot of stam AND mag builds use frontbar daggers and backbar inferno staff.