52 (epic) Monk with 52k - what to upgrade?

[Beastagoog]

Eh.

I think CoF over price too...but its like the iPhone of haste items. Has a goos resale value and people go gaga over it.

I would prob go spiked belt and heiro cloak if I had the choice coz...more stats more hp. I think the 2% haste difference can be argued down. You will however loss value over time on those items quicker as they have a highet drop rate per week than a CoF.

The other thing is you would need to save up another 18-23k plat for a CoF.

Isn't the whole point of a tstaff to grab agro and also stop dmg on yourself? I.e if a mob is stunned for 12 seconds of the fight over 2 procs thats 240dmg from proc and 12 seconds of not been hit? I think tstaff is great no matter what.

I would go:
Heiro cloak
Spike belt
Save up some pp for tstaff.

You essentially got all of ^ for the price of 1 CoF.

Edit:
Also when you get bored of said monk and want to twink another toon you can lease your belt/cloak combo to them easy and throw a cheap fbss/spider cloak back on monk in the mean time.

Edit2: and yes you want atleast 1 dragon or 1 tink bag for all your heavy items.

Edit3: another thing you can do is camp another robe for clicky haste on top again...but that requires swapping fungi in and out and could get super annoying.

[remen]

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

You know you can duel wield with 2hb?

Swing primary/2hb. Unequip the 2hb, your offhand can now swing. Instantly re-equip 2hb so it swings again when it's time is due. Repeat until RSI.

Tink bags are great at carrying KC clicky armors (300pp per slot) and fine steel (only 5, but it adds up). Tink bags also decently retain their value.

Yep I know about this trick, great way to get some extra dps!

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

TStaff is heavy at 10 wt. You can get by with say 1 - Large Soiled Bag, 2 Tink Bags, 1 Forager Bag, 2 Shraloks.

Tink Bag can hold whatever mats you need, I didn't have much as a 50 monk but by the time I hit 60 I had a bag filled with - Peggy Cloak 5.0 (levi is clutch), Jboots 2.5 (poor man's sow), TStaff 10 (or other 2 hander) which I swapped w/ my 1 Handers 7 wt dragonrib club + 3 weight stave of shielding, Midnight Mallet 11 (useful slow if say soloing in KC where a named could pop), Bracer of Hammerfal 4.1 (replaces need to carry bunch of stacks of ranged weapons), soulfire 5 (complete heal clicks x 5), reaper of the dead - 13 weight (1 charge complete heal), bracer of the hidden 2 (see invis + aggro clicky), slowstone amber 1 (slow/pull/aggro). -- So that super helpful bag can save you 60 weight.

Additionally, I hate going back/forth between town and killing and bandages are really clutch for limiting down time and leveling past 50. One tink bag of bandages saves you 5 weight (which isn't huge) but also means you can effectively bandage up 200 more times without leaving your camp. Even a forager bag saves you 2.5 weight and gives you 10 slots to carry useful items or even collect shit like gems. Once you start to use up your bandages you can replace those slots with stuff you can sell to make back some plat.

Honestly, on my monk from 52-55 I semi broke even depending on what I was doing to level but 55-59 selling fine steel, peridots, occassional decent item, I probably earned enough to at least buy back a tink with the extra bag slots. Again, tinks not priority #1 but i'd say any monk w/ your plat already epiced+fungied should have at least 1.

Originally Posted by Spyder73 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Problem with Sea Horse Hide Belt and Cloak of Crystalline Waters is they do not resell anywhere near as good as a Cloak of Flames, so when its time to 'cash out' you are going to be sitting in EC tunnel a hell of a lot longer. The rich of P99 are going to continue buying CoFs and have little use for CoCW and SHHB.

Tinker Bags are great so you can actually loot things and sell. Once you get into the higher level zones you will start camping areas that have lots of drops and most of them are not conducive to a monks weight limit. If you are soloing I guess this isn't that huge of a concern. Tinker bags also hold their value and are easily re-sellable when you need fast money since its basically a built in plat sink.

You basically don't lose anything buying Tinkerbags, you are just temporarily converting your plat into Bag form... Selling 5k items is much easier than selling 50k items

Gotcha, that makes a lot of sense regarding the Tink bag(s). At this level with my current items I can get by without them but as I get to 55+ I'll plan on making a few bags the first things to get after my haste upgrade.

That's great advice regarding the resale value of the CoF vs. other haste items, you've changed my mind and my new plan is now to grind out another 10k or so and save up for the CoF (PS if anyone is selling one at a good price let me know! ;P )

[Jimjam]

Originally Posted by Spyder73 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

You basically don't lose anything buying Tinkerbags, you are just temporarily converting your plat into Bag form... Selling 5k items is much easier than selling 50k items

The other advantage of tink bags is that they are most of the time hidden.

This way, if anyone ever questions your judgement, you can just open a trade window, show the doubter that you carry around half a dozen tink bags at any time, and the question of the soundness of your mind will no longer be in doubt.