Monk weight restrictions
 

So the patch notes from Sunday, January 31st, 2016 say this

"Monk weight allowance changed: Increases every 15 levels"

The old wiki article read this:

"Allowances confirmed via direct testing:
At level 1, monks receive a penalty for exceeding 14 stones.
At level 40, monks receive a penalty for exceeding 16 stones.
At level 46-50, monks receive a penalty for exceeding 17 stones.
At level 51-54, monks receive a penalty for exceeding 18 stones.
At level 55-59, monks receive a penalty for exceeding 20 stones.
At level 60, monks receive a penalty for exceeding 24 stones."

The wiki article was recently changed to this:

"Allowances confirmed via direct testing and January 31, 2016 patch notes[1]:
At level 1, monks receive a penalty for exceeding 14 stones.
At level 15, monks receive a penalty for exceeding 15 stones.
At level 30 monk's receive a penalty for exceeding 16 stones.
At level 40, monks receive a penalty for exceeding 18 stones.
At level 45, monks receive a penalty for exceeding 19 stones.
At level 46-50, monks receive a penalty for exceeding 20 stones.
At level 51-54, monks receive a penalty for exceeding 21 stones.
At level 55-59, monks receive a penalty for exceeding 23 stones.
At level 60, monks receive a penalty for exceeding 28 stones."

By wiki user "Steeks"

My 53rd level monk incurred a weight penalty moving from 18 to 19 pounds (via UI shown AC)
My 57th level monk incurred a weight penalty moving from 20 to 21 pounds (via UI shown AC)

This would mean that the original wiki article was right, and the new one AND the update notes were wrong.

I know the UI is not an accurate indicator of AC, but surely the beginnings of AC penalty would mean that AC was being affected right?

Anyone have any information on this matter?

I believe that weight limits on p99 are now in line with live, so the client should now be an accurate indication of when the penalties happen. Your post aligns with the information on Monkly Business as well.

Edit: updated the wiki to reflect this

http://forums.monkly-business.net/in...geid=abilities

With some planning and appropriate bags you will be hard pressed to exceed 15 stone

TStaff = 10
Fungi = 2
Bag of Tinkerers x2 = 2
Shuriken (or worse, Javelin) = 0.5

^ just those is 14.5 - leaving you not much weight left for the rest of the 16 slots of gear and inventory

I rock 28ish with Shovel of the Harvest. Stopped caring.

I've heard that it makes an enormous difference. Although I guess if you're just DPS in a group it doesn't matter. B/c of the inaccurate AC in client UI, it actually drops more than it shows when you overweight.

I always stay under.

Also - Shovel is 10 pounds, same as TStaff... I can't think of a reason that you'd be at 28, unless you're using gear that's not monk gear - or looting plat/gold or don't have 100% bags.

You'll go over for the right weapon, I promise. I'm under with double wu fists though, as long as you aren't tanking it doesn't matter, and the AC hit is negligible as long as you aren't too far over.

Fine - but I use TStaff, which is also 10 pounds, and Fungi, and I'm at 18 after all is said and done

See magelo on sig

I'm cheap on my monk and have 5 hand Made backpacks which pushes me high on the weight thing.

You really need 7 bags to carry all the Clickies and stuff you need to raid as a monk, so you end up with 4 Tink bags, 2 dragon bags and 1 large soiled bag best case scenario. At 5.8 weight in just bags.

Add on the T Staff that's 10. So 15.8. Add javs that's 2. So 17.8

Your other gear is likely in the 0.1-0.4 range typically and it adds up to around 2-3 stones eventually.

Can't carry any coin, only gems. Otherwise you get pushed over very quickly

Hand Made Backpack is a huge no-no for monk. Definitely get a Traveler's Pack or Shralok pack instead (not that much more expensive) if you can't get the 100% bags yet. the 3 pounds is terrible :/

There's no way you need 7 bags to carry clickies (OT Hammer, Jboots, lev cloak, see invis bracer, SoS, resist (ear ear finger finger wrist wrist face) few root nets), I don't buy it. 2 bags (20 slots) and you have enough for all clickies and resist gear. You gotta be light to stay under

I use one 1 Tink bag (1.0 giant 100% - 5k) one Large Soiled (1.0 small 100% 1k) and one Traveller's (0.4 large 20% - 150p) for all the 0.1 items - and I always have enough room for items