UnicornZ

Hello guys, after quitting on TI NC West (biggest fail in the history of l2 classic) I started to play a Elemental Summoner here a few days ago (with pp and bd boxed). Now here is my question: Will it be better to level as nuker or melee after 40? As far as I know on this server are no spell upgrades after lvl 40 and you can go +12 dye stats right? So will it be better to invest in karmian + demon staff or plated leather + crystal dagger (later bw + demon dagger)? Thanks for your help / suggestions; I have never played an ES in an earlier update than Antharas so I really don`t know how it works out here.