Monk, how do you not choose iksar?

[touchtonedialing]

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

Female human monks are smexy. I want to see one in a Shroud of Longevity.

This week or next most likely. Then Shrouds are going to start to rot.

[titanshub]

I can't believe all these smoothskin lies. Tails are awesome and have great, next generation, animations.

Also regen is pretty damn good at 56 but I didn't even notice it until like 50 or 51. It's obviously OP now though.

[Jimjam]

Human female monks are the best because you can make nun jokes. I guess.

[jolanar]

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

Human female monks are the best because you can make nun jokes. I guess.

Human females look the best in robe graphics IMO. Human males look stupid in robes. Iksars look decent.

But that's all just opinion.

[Vexenu]

There is no defensible argument for Humans except that of personal taste (cosmetic). Iksars are superior in every way statistically. The human superior ratio fists are a joke, as epic makes Human and Iksar fists 9/16, and even Kunark weapons (much less Velious) blow away non-epic fists.

Iksars should have been better balanced to account for their strengths. For example, imagine if Iksars had a STR or STA hard cap of 200, or slightly lower weapon skill caps than humans. You could balance Iksar Necromancers the same, with a 200 INT hard cap. The choice would then at least be more debatable.

[Atada]

24% exp penalty is no joke. That's a pretty hefty balance.

[jolanar]

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

There is no defensible argument for Humans except that of personal taste (cosmetic). Iksars are superior in every way statistically. The human superior ratio fists are a joke, as epic makes Human and Iksar fists 9/16, and even Kunark weapons (much less Velious) blow away non-epic fists.

Iksars should have been better balanced to account for their strengths. For example, imagine if Iksars had a STR or STA hard cap of 200, or slightly lower weapon skill caps than humans. You could balance Iksar Necromancers the same, with a 200 INT hard cap. The choice would then at least be more debatable.

People actually cared about faction in Classic and Kunark though. Being KoS everywhere except Cabilis was a much bigger deal then. There was a lot less information around at the time and it was harder to get what info was available because it was all word of mouth. So things like invis banking etc was unknown.

Given today's 20/20 hindsight, it's pretty clear that Iksar's racials are OP for Necros and Monks.

[Man0warr]

But irrelevant at 60. For a min/maxer that isn't a valid penalty.

[Colgate]

faction doesn't work here like it did on live; you can become ally with all of those as an iksar, whereas i don't think it was possible to raise your faction above a certain point with many places

[trist4n]

Honestly, I just enjoy the human monk over the Iksar monk. It's not a great argument, but I love my human monk.