When to suicide a character

Going to find a Mek is a bit fucking boring/tedious.
Shield wall doesn't always murder you.
Really...just silt sea it.
For Ranger I'd recommend agility as your priority and for assassin I'd say agility, if non human. And strength if human.

That said, I'd stick with it, myself. Never know where they may end up.

A few years back when Staffers had their game faces on, you could get an app approved in as little as ten minutes.

That was good times for suicide stats. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

If it's a special app char, then you have little choice but to suck it up.

If it's just a bog standard character, and you're SUPER new to the game - just deal with it. You're going to have a few stupid deaths to start unless you get extremely lucky in finding your first mentor.

If it's a bog standard character and you have a reasonable grasp of the basics, I would not bother playing any warrior or ranger, which didn't correspond to the following formula:

1) First assume that the worst character that's truly enjoyable, is one that has Very Good in every stat.
2) If you have Extremely Good in one stat, you can afford to have Good in another. If you have Absolutely Incredible, you can afford an Average, and so on.

If everything were redistributed, and all ended up at VG or better, that's a decent roll. If it ends up at worse, it's probably shit.

There are some minor exceptions. I'd still play an EG/EG/EG/Poor if the poor was in a crap stat like Wisdom. (Blah blah, Wisdom IS a crap stat unless you're a mage).

If all you care about is making a good warrior, then go for dwarf, and prioritize strength and endurance. NEVER prioritize agility over endurance on a dwarf. Dwarves have a fairly low and narrow range for agility. A huge range and a huge max for endurance.

A dwarf with EG strength or better is a great thing. It hits much harder than even an AI strength human. This is because the game gives you certain bonuses at certain thresholds, and it's impossible for a human to even reach that threshold.

It doesn't matter what race you are, or what your wisdom is. You will not be able to get any advanced weapon to a decent place without having to rely on blind fighting misses. 

Some races have built in advantages which have nothing to do with stats. Muls get an automatic bonus to damage, for example. Even a below average strength mul will lay down crushing blows with a sparring axe. Half-giants get less endurance than a dwarf, but have a huge health boost. (I've had dwarves with ~145 health, and around ~225 is max for a giant).

An AI endurance dwarf, with a twinked out defense and heavy armor, is a beautiful thing.

Don't you mostly abuse agility on elves though?

Elves have had both their agility and their wisdom nerfed a couple times. Neither are that great anymore, or entirely worth the gimped strength. D-elves are different. They get around half-elf strength and a boost to health and stamina. They did have an agility nerf, though (as did celves). Their Endurance used to be super high, but now they just get a bonus to hp/stamina, too.

Another good thing about endurance is that it gives you damage resistance, and it is especially noticeable over 20, which only dwarves, half-giants and muls can reach. Defense also plays a role.

My 40 day, off/def twinked half-giant with AI endurance and heavy armor, even standing around unarmed, could not be hurt by sparring weapons, unless it was wielded by another dwarf, giant or mul.

Okay, this did get a chuckle out of me. Nicely done.