Monk gear - what next?

[Troxx]

http://wiki.project1999.com/Magelo_Blue:Ywenie

Above magelo has my resist gear. I have a thurg bracer, tar goo strands, Mask of wurms, and Diamondine earring to swap in for not resist gear. Barring the obvious improvements to earrings (2x) ... what next?

My next planned purchase when I save up enough is an RBG.

Can you guys think of any other specific items (resists or non-resists) that are obvious upgrades without requiring a massive plat sink? I'm drawing a blank. Weapons include Tstaff, Epic, IFS (planning to sell), and Ada club. Will look to trade Ada for SoS now that I can aggro with Tstaff. After next patch I may just bail on the idea SoS altogether.

Please keep in mind I'm obsessive about staying under weight limit of 20 until 60 when I can put the limit at 25.

[GinnasP99]

Upgrade to velium HP rings, Earring of essence, dire wolf-hide cloak *might* give more hp 6 stamina not sure, +6 neck, the sky boots/backstrap of mastery on wrist might be nice, circlet of the falinkan, velious quest boots/pants/arms, ice burrower skin from WW

[GinnasP99]

Ohh, and its always nice to have an SoS just for the proc. Hp and MR

[Troxx]

Upgrade to velium HP rings, Earring of essence, dire wolf-hide cloak *might* give more hp 6 stamina not sure, +6 neck, the sky boots/backstrap of mastery on wrist might be nice, circlet of the falinkan, velious quest boots/pants/arms, ice burrower skin from WW

Rings are a low hanging fruit at +1ac and +10hp each.
EoE is a good idea.
Cloak is a sidegrade - but good to keep in mind.
Circlet - again another good thing to work towards.
Sky items probably won't happen as I rarely have a chance to raid.
SoS - good point - probably worth keeping just for proc even if the dps isn't better.

Ice burrower skin - I'd never wear it. Fungi is 500% better 99.99999% of the time.

Thanks for input :D - I'll look into EoE next and possibly drop some coin on the rings.

[GinnasP99]

Just updated mine, might take a look. some of this stuff won't really be obtainable if you don't raid (or have mountains of plat)

http://wiki.project1999.com/Magelo_Blue:Grishnahk

I need to get a Tstaff i guess, and upgrade that earring of station to a vindi earring. Pretty poor tho

[Muggens]

Perhaps swap to respectively(shouldnt be impossible to get, replaces weakest links) :

Crown of King Tranix
Shiverback-hide Armbands
Netted Kelp Pantaloons
White Lotus Slippers
RBG/RBB/COF/SpiderFurBelt

[NecroP99]

I would agree that you are basically in the realm of No Drop now.

Also how can I pull up my Monks mangelo? I clicked on the link and it doesn't appear I have an account. Do I log in with my actual in game login information? With my forum info? Its an entirely new account?

[Spyder73]

You cant say "rings are only 1ac 10hp". Yet if you had a spare slot and it had 2 ac 20hp item in it, you'd pay 600pp for one every day.

Depending on the slot try more like 5,000pp

[awfal]

Bobs.
Fb hoop.
Heiro cloak.

To name a few..

[Twochain]

I don't think RBG is worth it for you atm... 30k for 3% more haste + stats.

Hiero Cloak
+6 Ammy
T-Crown
http://wiki.project1999.com/Eyepatch_of_the_Shadows

[UnHoLyPoWeR]

Unless i am missing something here no one is thinking of haste really?

Resists are important but haste is one of the best stats in the game, unless you are planning on getting a no drop 41% haste item soon, save for a 36% cloak of flames or crystalline waters.

As general gearing advice for monks late game I would say weapon/epic fungi haste item then resists in that order unless you are still under 50 leveling in which case get the fungi first if you can

[Croco]

He had a sash of the dragonborn and said he was saving for an rbg so that's probably why no one mentions haste.

[UnHoLyPoWeR]

My point was without "good" haste, there's no point to the rest of the gear talked about, Fbss, SotD, Rbg, Rbb, anything other than 36-41% is trash level 50+, if it was me, I'd save for better haste period, then worry about other pieces.

You can be naked except Epic, Fungi and CoF and do almost as much damage as if your other slots were filled, little else matters with 76% self haste and perma regrowth from a solo/grouping perspective.

Haste is a huge game changer vs a few cheap pieces of resist gear, fights end faster and
swing push prevents casting, Haste works 100% of the time everytime, unlike resists ;)

[Croco]

Oh I completely agree but the price you're paying for that 10 -12% extra haste is pretty staggering and you could argue that the other gear will actually provide more benefit on a per plat basis. If you can buy yourself 10-12% extra time in a fight via more ac and hps it's almost as good as more haste.

[Synthlol]

Where you're at, upgrades that aren't NODROP are going to be very pricey. The best bang for your buck would be a Tranix Crown and a haste upgrade a la CoF or seahorse belt.

If I were you, I'd be looking to camp a pearlescent mask, shiverback sleeves, and a +6 talisman.

[Troxx]

I pushed the pause button at barely into 59 on my monk to level warrior and necro. I'll pick up the monk again when/if the melee patch drops (or when the other two hit/cap 60). I want experience leveling (even if only 59-60) with TStaff in its best iteration if possible rather than already being 60 when the patch hits.

Sounds like the consensus is haste 36-41 and working on nodrop gear.

Thanks!

[Jimjam]

On the subject of no drop gear, would the http://wiki.project1999.com/Scepter_of_Mastery from Kael Arena be any good to you? I don't think they rot often, but hanging in kael arena is one of those things that you might find yourself doing by happenstance, so perhaps worth having on your radar?

[Raavak]

I would agree that you are basically in the realm of No Drop now.

Also how can I pull up my Monks mangelo? I clicked on the link and it doesn't appear I have an account. Do I log in with my actual in game login information? With my forum info? Its an entirely new account?Its a separate account you need to set up.

[Troxx]

On the subject of no drop gear, would the http://wiki.project1999.com/Scepter_of_Mastery from Kael Arena be any good to you? I don't think they rot often, but hanging in kael arena is one of those things that you might find yourself doing by happenstance, so perhaps worth having on your radar?

Yeah I've been planning on getting one eventually. At 58 my monk with TStaff would put out almost identical dps (+/- on individual fights but more or less =) to a 60 monk friend with epic/SoM when grouped together in places like seb. For higher ac velious mobs like arena he'd pull ahead due to epic speed.

It's on my radar but no immediate rush.

[isoka]

My point was without "good" haste, there's no point to the rest of the gear talked about, Fbss, SotD, Rbg, Rbb, anything other than 36-41% is trash level 50+, if it was me, I'd save for better haste period, then worry about other pieces.

You can be naked except Epic, Fungi and CoF and do almost as much damage as if your other slots were filled, little else matters with 76% self haste and perma regrowth from a solo/grouping perspective.

Haste is a huge game changer vs a few cheap pieces of resist gear, fights end faster and
swing push prevents casting, Haste works 100% of the time everytime, unlike resists ;)

Fact is his haste is already pretty good with sash, epic and eyepatch

[Fragged]

Barbed Dragonscale Boots
Crystal Spider Eyes
Oiled Greaves

Sell the T-staff get Cloak of Flames, Spider Fur Belt, and a Stave of Shielding for offhand.

[darkreap]

Velium Diamond Wedding Ring would put you over 100 MR

[Jimjam]

Velium Diamond Wedding Ring would put you over 100 MR

Monks take a vow of celibacy so can't wear wedding rings.

[mefdinkins]

from your magelo it looks like you're pretty good on gear!? haha