Bard preferred attributes

Ensi

Besides CHA is there any other stat that is valuable?

I had heard during closed that dex was supposed to help with missed notes?

Zest

In EQ dex helped with missed notes but I haven't heard of that being the case for M&M. What I did hear was that dex affected spell hit(likelihood of being resisted) but reports are mixed on whether this is actually true.

Stamina reduces chance of being dazed when hit, and any kind of even short CC that interruots their cast is particularly bad for bards since their time is their most valuable resource and the bottleneck on what they can to.

If you want to pull agility is likely also valueable because you're going to take some hits and it has a pretty dramatic role in the damage forumla.

Gathbard

As much as I would like to say STR, the devastating impacts of stun on the Measure system heavily hints at STA, if anything for the annoyance of having to restart a full measure from scratch when you get stunned.
I can see AGI being more impactful, but I think (not sure) it's tougher to gear for AGI.

I would probably go all out on one or the other, dependening on the race, but I'm sure there is an optimal answer to be found.

Ashebear

Gathbard My thought process has been that STA is better than AGI for bards. My reasoning was that while long term AGI provides more tankiness, if a bard is pulling, what is important is that they survive random nukes. AGI might allow them to dodge a super high hit, but eventually one will land and maybe one shot them, whereas with STA you can survive the hit and get back to your healer. Additionally the daze resistance is good as if you get dazed while pulling it can be very bad.

The main question I have with stats is how much charisma vs stamina to build for. Charisma is best for solo, stamina for pulling?