I was wondering if I could still use the same nuker stat distribution I used in 2005, or if its obsolete with all the new patches.
As a side note before getting started, I really only want to PvE. I was really never into PvP.

5:1 int:str

Increase skill mastery to 7-8 to SP farm bandits at 15-16.

If theres a recent nuker guide around, that covers mostly everything and is understandable, I'd love a link to it.
In the meanwhile, I'll look for one myself.

I'm not big on nuker builds anymore, sadly, but I don't believe you will be able to solo farm yourself for the new 100 cap. For most builds, you will be needing around 2-2.5 million sp. My lock/cleric is going to take about 2.4 mil sp. T.T

As far as guides go, check out silkroad forums. They have a lot of guides.