Beard doesn't have anything to do with attraction? Maybe, but it does have something to do with how good you look. And good looks will at least give you a bonus
Yeah, try stuff out. Some personal advice though: Don't try to grow a real beard if the hair is coarse and thin. Beards have to be dense and short, not coarse and long.
Alot of guys (like myself) don't have the "good beard hair". So when you decide to grow your first beard, you wanna look like
this, but end up looking like
this. Or worse,
this
So yeah. For us young guys, it gets better as you get older. Other then that, yeah. I have a really short patch on my chin and that's it.
Oh another tip: If you want to make your face look more masculine, you can get a trimmer and trim the hair down super-short every morning. So you can have your 3-day-beard permanently.