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Originally Posted by Nagash
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Interesting to note that from the OP's question "Why not play a monk" everyone has come up with reasons why playing one. That's preaching to the choir, isn't it? [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] |
Yeah, I noticed that. Here's some reasons not to play a monk:
-The weight limit is annoying. Also, the client and server use different calculations for your AC, so your client is 100% useless in determining your AC, and telling what the weight limit is, and telling how bad your weight is hurting your AC.
-Your gear is f'in expensive. Monks are one of the most popular twink classes, so all your best loot is very expensive. Given how you can't carry any weight, you're going to be poor. Low money, expensive items.
-It's a lot of work. You'll bust your ass pulling for a few hours straight, get yelled at if you need a 5 min afk to take a piss, meanwhile you'll find yourself not getting a heal because the cleric is ninja-afk constantly, and you'll die. You have to be moving always. If you get an extra mob on the pull? You're a horrible monk. Why are you taking so long to split? Horrible monk. Why aren't you doing as much dps as my twink? Horrible monk. You get the idea. Grouping can often feel like you working much more than anyone else, and getting shit on for your efforts.
-The epic, while not difficult per-say, involves a bunch of loooong ass camps. It's an awesome questline, and I really enjoy aspects of it, but
multiple ~20 hour camps (on the extreme side, 50), really put a damper on the whole thing. Plus, all those long camps create a ton of artificial bottlenecks, and currently our epic has several bugs causing even more artificial bottlenecks. Plus, you lose your sweet looking robe. Why the hell did they decide to do that?
-Because a real monk has no money, most people twink them. So most people will assume you're a twink like all the rest, assume you have no idea how to play, and assume you're a scrub because you aren't in twink gear.
There! Sure, I ranted and whined like a baby, but at least the thread has some balance.