Monk Soloing

[eqravenprince]

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

Sure, but you're talking 50K+ or 300-400 plat.

I realize that... Raavak's post made it sound like Wu's Quivering Staff was better until 50 when Tstaff was better. There is no point where Wu's is better than a Tstaff is all I was trying to say.

[Raavak]

Yah, I was thinking maybe only the tstaff is better once it starts proc'ing. I didn't know.

[Flash]

How far will my current equipment get me level-wise?

Master Wu's Trance Stick x2.
Full suit of Wu's Fighting Armor.
Diamondine Earring x2.
Platinum Fire Wedding Ring x2.

[touchtonedialing]

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

How far will my current equipment get me level-wise?

Master Wu's Trance Stick x2.
Full suit of Wu's Fighting Armor.
Diamondine Earring x2.
Platinum Fire Wedding Ring x2.

You will only be able to get 36% into level 41.

[eqravenprince]

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

How far will my current equipment get me level-wise?

Master Wu's Trance Stick x2.
Full suit of Wu's Fighting Armor.
Diamondine Earring x2.
Platinum Fire Wedding Ring x2.

That's pretty good equipment. There is no reason you can't take that all the way to level 60. In the meantime, you can look for minor replacements for Wu's armor with better AC fairly cheaply and still keep the weight down.

Here are examples of replacements for Wu's fairly cheap:
Arms - Azure Sleeves 12AC vs 5AC
Head - Fine Silk Turban 10AC vs 5AC
Face - Sarnak Hide Mask 6AC vs 3AC
Wrist - Symbol of Loyalty to Vox 7AC vs 4AC
Neck - Collar of Undead Protection 5AC vs 4AC
Chest - Foreman Tunic/Syythrak Hide vest 10AC vs 9AC

That's an improvement of 20AC, which turns out to be more as you level because you get more AC than what shows.

[Flash]

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

That's pretty good equipment. There is no reason you can't take that all the way to level 60. In the meantime, you can look for minor replacements for Wu's armor with better AC fairly cheaply and still keep the weight down.

Here are examples of replacements for Wu's fairly cheap:
Arms - Azure Sleeves 12AC vs 5AC
Head - Fine Silk Turban 10AC vs 5AC
Face - Sarnak Hide Mask 6AC vs 3AC
Wrist - Symbol of Loyalty to Vox 7AC vs 4AC
Neck - Collar of Undead Protection 5AC vs 4AC
Chest - Foreman Tunic/Syythrak Hide vest 10AC vs 9AC

That's an improvement of 20AC, which turns out to be more as you level because you get more AC than what shows.

What about my STR/DEX/STA/AGI?

[eqravenprince]

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

What about my STR/DEX/STA/AGI?

Those make such minor difference, I don't even pay attention to those. Just playing around with various dps parsers, you could have 200 str/dex and it might allow you to do 1-4% more damage over 100 str/dex. But every bit of AC and HP helps your surviveability significantly more in my opinion.

[Flash]

Well, I don't plan to raid until Velious, so hopefully the Shiverback armor from plane of fear will be good enough at 60...right?

[Bruman]

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

Well, I don't plan to raid until Velious, so hopefully the Shiverback armor from plane of fear will be good enough at 60...right?

Get Crescent legs from Dalnir. Better than Shiverback.

The only really good piece from Shiverback is arms and feet. Chest is good for a DPS set.

Also, eqravenprince, in my experience AC hasn't done much. I've heard many many people state that it's just flat out worthless.

Here's my stance on gear:

For DPS: get +str gear. Duh. Pretty obvious.
For pulling: get +resist gear, MR being the most important. HP is also good as well.

Overall though, gear isn't that important in this game. For melee, all that really matters is your weapons and your haste item. For pulling, levels do much more than resist gear, but a good set of resist gear makes a noticeable impact. If you're solo'ing, a fungi tunic will help a lot, especially for downtime.

At the end of the day, buffs make a much, much bigger difference than anything else (again, except for melee weapons and haste item).

[eqravenprince]

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

Also, eqravenprince, in my experience AC hasn't done much. I've heard many many people state that it's just flat out worthless.

AC has diminishing returns at some point, especially in a group where you are getting AC buffs. I solo 95% of the time and I can say 100% without a doubt that AC makes a difference and +str, +mr is barely noticeable. You have to have pretty high MR to resist consistently. I simply don't fight casters, they are a pain in the ass.

I've experimented with AC a few months ago. I picked a blue con mob out and let him damage me while nakid, half my armor, and full armor. Timed how long it took to go from 50% health to under 20%. The biggest return was nakid to half, but there was still a noticeable improvement putting on the full outfit. If you have done the same and have had different results, then maybe I'll do it again just to prove my first experiment wasn't a fluke. Maybe I'll do it again and post my results here.