Thinking about starting a monk..

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AC bonus: I don't know exactly what it is on P1999 as you level, but I could probably figure out what it is at level 60. I'll try to put that info on the wiki when I do. Best guess is it's something around 40 displayed AC at 60, though you should keep in mind that displayed AC isn't always correct and also that there really hasn't been any convincing data collected (and shared) about the effectiveness of various kinds of AC on p99. On live it was a straight up avoidance AC bonus, but who knows on here. (this post suggests it should be 42 displayed AC at 60, I'll confirm later)

Faction: I'm not sure if it's totally finished, but I went from being dubious in places like Neriak to pretty much totally KOS everywhere but Cabilis and a few places where I've done a ton of faction work.

That said, monk is one of the least inhibited classes when it comes to faction due to having FD and sneak. I can bank and vendor pretty much everywhere without issue, though it's definitely a challenge at lower levels before FD is reliable and when guards haven't gone green.


Bottom line - if you're min/maxing and planning for the high end game, Iksars are objectively better monks, but not enough so that human monks are crippled or unable to do things that Iksar monks can.