long term haste item for monk

[wagorf]

thinking of starting a monk, and before i shed my plat i'd like to know which haste item i should aim for

the goal is, not having to worry about upgrading haste item later on, and able to solo most of time.

im thinking of geting RBB or even sea belt/rbg instead of cof/cocw. i could save well over 30k and get another weapon such as tstaff

what to do?

[Man0warr]

I'd go with RBG. Back slot has easy to get high stat items like Hierophant Cloak that waist slot doesn't.

[wagorf]

hiero cloak + haste belt (RBB/RBG/Seahorse) vs. cocw/cof + spider fur belt

more stats and less haste, and save 20-40k - seems like a reasonable move

[Legidias]

Aim for PoS belt. It didnt cost me a cent.

[Spit]

Use a spiked seahorse belt and a hiero at first, then later on sell hiero and get a cloak of confusion

[Zentile]

If you can afford a CoF, then get a CoF. You never regret BIS haste.

Zen

[demonith]

My vote is for the seahorse. 2% less haste than CoF, but has resists/hp/stats to boot. Doesn't rake your wallet as hard either.

However, dependent on your late game or future solo endeavors. Getting your epic makes a monumental difference. If you are soloing that is the best possible haste you can have period (assuming you don't duo with a haste casting partner). Also changes your fists to 9/16 to boot.

So making sure you can form up a group to get that done or flat out buy the MQ is something to keep in mind.

[Ravager]

I like RBG. You can still wear it even after getting a cloak for the stats. RBG is good for hitpoints which is nice for a pulling monk.

[skarlorn]

I have an RBG on my 60 warrior and RBB on twinkle monk. The haste difference is noticeable. I'd go for a seahorse belt if I were you

[wagorf]

RBB is a fine item, CoF is a better item. You are talking about a lot of top end items that you really will not need until 50 or 55+

If you want to have a nicely twinked monk I would buy a RBB and a Peacebringer (NOT a TStaff). The most important item you need to have is a Fungi, so I am assuming you have one of these already since you are talking about T Staffs and CoFs. Important thing to remember is all these item you are talking about are pretty easy to resell so if you need to liquidate it shouldn't be all that hard so don't sweat it too much.

Hiero cloak is literally the biggest rip off there is on P99 - Buy a Hooded Black Cloak for like 500pp and be done with it.

The trick to P99 is buying like the 2nd or 3rd BiS item instead of the BiS item and you can reasonably gear any character for like 1/100th the cost and you are honestly barely behind the curve because gear is fairly meaningless.

However I am an alpha monk and have Golden Sash of Tranquility + Facesmasher + Epic so peasant problems like these are beneath me.

i like your mentality - going for the 2nd or 3rd BiS

RBG (27% haste 23k) vs. RBB (31% haste 31k) vs. Sea Belt (34% haste 44k)

8k for +4% haste vs. 13k for +3%

Seems like RBB makes sense

[Jimjam]

I think it is worth considering your regular group mates; if you play with San enchanter you can probably skip a few % haste. If not, then better worn haste becomes a higher priority, right.

Likewise if you play regular with a torp shaman haste loses much value.

[Troxx]

Every % of haste is as important as the one before it. Unless you're rolling in haste > 60% all the time - haste up to 41% is always the most important stat.