Next monk weapon up

[Kayso]

At 60 (without Velious weapons or a few Kunark raid weapons) you go T-Staff or Epic/SoS. That's been a known quantity since forever and those are all achievable without any need to consider other combos. The chart is completely unneeded in that regard.

What I want to know is are the formulas correct? Those are the ones that I recall from live and also from other sources, but are they accurate.

The useful info would be formulas or charts to help you know what to do on your way from 30 to 60. And its there -- but only if the formulas are correct.

Look at Baalzy's post above. His formulas are different. Which are right?

[fishingme]

I strongly recommend AC/SoS, they're very similar in parse iirc, and at least on my monk I needed quick burst damage over 3-5 seconds and then to run out to pull again. I felt that T-staff on my monk didn't compare too well to AC/sos for monk leveling in a group.

[gprater]

i am 28. Not as worried about weight as much as the OP. Money IS an object. I can prob scrape together 9k. I use WQS and have trance stick and knuckle dusters in the bank. I DO NOT have a haste item and my other gear is wu's or greater, but nothing high end. I am not in a guild atm so I do not plan on ever looting planar gear or better.(not saying it wont happen, just not planning on it) Should I spend my money on a new weapon(s), save more and buy haste item, or other?

thanks for any help.

[cearobinson]

Haste, IMO.

[baalzy]

Haste will give you the biggest single increase at your level if you can afford it.

Your wqs goes from being a 23/28 to a 23/23 weapon just with FBSS and raises the effective value of all your other weapons. Giving it a better ratio than a 30+k RFS

[Kayso]

Agree with Baalzy on IFS. At your level, its better dps than any 2h weapon except T-staff.

Now if you're considering dual wielding, you've got some numbers to crunch... Don't forget to consider main hand damage bonus (level-25)/3 and Dual Wield % for offhand (skill + level)/400

[Mirana]

Originally Posted by Chloroform [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

2 jade mace

For close to the same price you can get an IFS, which is far superior.

[Lojik]

Originally Posted by Mirana [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

For close to the same price you can get an IFS, which is far superior.

Thing with IFS is you'll do more dps but it can be somewhat inconsistent. Some fights you'll waste mobs and others you'll miss a few times and think "wtf is going on what's taking so long."

[drktmplr12]

Originally Posted by Lojik [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Thing with IFS is you'll do more dps but it can be somewhat inconsistent. Some fights you'll waste mobs and others you'll miss a few times and think "wtf is going on what's taking so long."

This math is true until you get a nice set of raid buffs. Once delay is minimized and accuracy increased resulting from buffs and debuffs, the effects level out in a shorter period of time. I think that 2hb tends to perform a little better in those circumstances. I do not have evidence to support that claim though.