Honestly, I think a monk will find more use out of being geared than an epic rogue.
I've been in plenty of groups where I've been tanking with 2 or 3 rogues DPSing. When I have to briefly go afk and suggest someone covers tanking I can guarantee the rogues will just sit there doing nothing until I get back and everyone will be okay with that (even though rogues take hits far better than an equivalently geared ranger, which are often in a tank role).
As a consequence of this, rogues can be rather neglectful of their armour as the truth is they will rarely take hits.
A monk on the other hand is likely to be pressured into tanking, or might take a few rounds of melee from splitting a couple of NPCs, so is worthwhile being geared to a standard that will half decently mitigate XP mobs.
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