Monk Soloing

[Raavak]

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

[touchtonedialing]

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

I think Wu's Quivering Staff is the best you can use up until 50 when T-staff takes over. Correct me if I'm wrong.

RFS, IFS, Peacebringer are all higher dps but you cant beat the bang for your buck you get from the quivering staff.

[Silentone]

monks solo well if you have gear, if you dont they are an ok solo class as opposed to other classes that straight out cant solo. From what I have seen you list as your gear you may be better off in a duo or trio. Just a thought.

[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).