Back from 2 year break, what's new?

[lonesome_killer]

Hi all.  I played this game about 2 years ago.  Now I'm back.  I see my character is reset and there's some new things.

I had a shielder before.  I had a short sword and some throwing axes and javelins.  Should I spec into what I had before?  Are the skills significantly different that I should do some build guides lookup before respeccing? 

Thanks in advance.

[Huscarlton_Banks]

Most people were shifted up 3-5 levels recently, it'll probably be easiest to test the waters with a STF character.

Level 35 is the new retirement level (Slightly under 8 million exp).

Build for level 34 if you plan on retiring, use San's calculator.

I'd suggest having at least 6-7 athletics as a baseline so that you don't get s-keyed all the time, though most people seem to have more nowadays.

[lonesome_killer]

Attribute points:3
Strength:21+
Agility:15+

Weapon points:2
One Handed:100
Two Handed:13
Polearm:13
Throwing:94
Crossbow:1
Archery:1

Skill points:6
Weapon Master:5
Athletics:5
Riding:0+
Iron Flesh:2+
Shield:5
Horse Archery:0+
Power Strike:7
Power Draw:0+
Power Throw:5+

This is what I got so far.  I have a 1Handed Shielder with throwing weapons.

[Sharpe]

Convert some of them attrib points to get more IF and PS, most people have upwards of 24 str nowadays so you're gonna need survivability, and power behind them hits