Thinking Monk, Will I be nerfed I DONT do Ikky?

[Doors]

Monks are the shit. Doesn't really matter if they're too many of them on the server, the class is broken in classic. FD is priceless and has a short cooldown for monks.

Iksar is probably the better race. I like humans though just because you don't need to grind out a shit ton of rep then.

[hrafn]

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

I like humans though just because you don't need to grind out a shit ton of rep then.

never heard that on EQ.

[Numbers_]

Yeah, there are a lot of monks on the server, but I think how many is a little exaggerated. I actually had a harder time finding groups at a lower level as a shaman. Nine times out of ten i'll get a group after the first call out that i'm LFG.

You really only need one healer, one tank, one crowd control, but you need more than one dps class and dps that doesn't use mana and can instantly drop aggro is pretty nice to have around.

As far as human vs iksar goes...

The regen and ac is very nice, no doubt. I solo a lot and the regen helps with my downtime. Everything else being equal an iksar will kill more things faster than a human monk in the same amount of time (due to less downtime from regen and higher ac). The question is - does the experience penalty equal things out with the human or make the human actually faster to level solo (since they have to kill less to level).

It's 20% (human) vs 44% (iksar), that seems pretty significant and they don't have to fix faction.

[Slugga]

i rolled a human monk after Kunark particularly because i like Human monks, lol. Me and an Iksar buddy of the same lvl/gear dueled the other day and i smoked him 2 times in a row. there will not be a HUGE disadvantage of being human at 40 or 50 or 60, but that iksar regen is probably nice (dont expect it to be like wearing afungi though) but im sure the KoS allover sucks. Maybe try a Ranger, they're fun too. Wont have to pull, have some solo capabilities.....

[mwatt]

You absolutely CAN solo a twinked Rogue to 50 at least. It's just harder than most classes. You have to pick your fights carefully and know how to play your Rogue very well, but it can be done, slowly.

[Estu]

If you don't want to deal with pulling duty, go for a rogue. You won't be able to solo, but here's what I would do: get on your rogue, look for a group for a bit, try to form one, etc. If you have no luck, get on an alt that you have just for soloing, like a mage or necromancer. On the alt, keep searching for a group for your rogue while you solo. Do /who all searches on zones you're interested in. Then once you find a group, pop back on the rogue.

[Tiggles]

Go back to wow/ez server

[VincentVolaju]

Yeah if I do Monk I think Ill def. do Human, originally I was only worried about the KOS, I didnt know they had an exp penalty too. Id rather have 20% less exp + free roaming for the most part, rather then a little extra regen/ac.

However, thats if I do Monk at all. Im really torn now between Rogue and Monk lol.

[skorge]

forget about the exp penalty thing because this server stops at level 60 with no AAs ever to be gained...knowing that right there means that you will eventually hit level 60 regardless of how slow you level (sure that human monk will hit it first but does it really matter? theres no more exp to be gained after level 60...ever).

the faction would be more of an issue IMO, however that can be farmed...

the real treat of going of iksar vs human monk is knowing that at level 60 you are a better monk (with the same gear on)...not only will you regen faster you will have more AC.

Here's the regen rates at level 60, btw:

Regen Rate (Human): 7 sitting, 5 FD, 4 standing
Regen Rate (Iksar): 18 sitting, 14 FD, 12 standing

To the guy who said it's not like having a fungi tunic...well as you can see at level 60, it almost is, lol...4 vs 12 regen (fungal regrowth is 15 hps/tick)

[VincentVolaju]

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

Regen Rate (Human): 7 sitting, 5 FD, 4 standing
Regen Rate (Iksar): 18 sitting, 14 FD, 12 standing

To the guy who said it's not like having a fungi tunic...well as you can see at level 60, it almost is, lol...4 vs 12 regen (fungal regrowth is 15 hps/tick)

I can see at level 60 there is a big diff, but is there that much of a difference while leveling like 1-50? I mean, does the ratio between them scale the same, or is it not as noticeable?

Im not too concerned with end game cause I doubt Ill even get to 60 before summers over and Ill have to quit again for a while. So my main thing really is just how much of a diff will it be while leveling lol.