Reroll my monk?

[mefdinkins]

I would re-roll iksar for the regeneration. It's not as huge 1-50 but really makes a difference post 50 and post 55.

I have a 60 human monk that was created before velious and around level 20. I decided not to 'waste my time' rerolling b/c it took me forever to get to 20. That was before I had more established toons, more guildie buddies, and more plat to twink shit out.

After level 20 it was more excuses, I now have jboots to hard to recamp, I now have planar armor, or finished a sky quest or two... I was in too deep. When Velious came out I decided I have to stop the madness, I wouldn't put any additional time into a punk ass human. I created iksar and it's brutal b/c I still don't have level 60 (only 57) I don't have 41% haste (like my human does) and but I have gotten some really good velious items for my new monk and at 57 he's sitting at 2300 hp unbuffed.

I also had to spend a lot of time doing things like jboots, peggy cloak for levi, getting keys and faction but the character is fun and I'm glad I have this iksar monk over maybe twinking out a diff char like a ranger or something. I already have a bunch of characters and some of them underperform so why make another instead of re-rolling. Also I know people who have re-rolled from iksar to human? or they had an iksar and human b/c they had one monk for naggy/vox then decided to level up a different one. to each their own.

I.M.O. Ring 10 is an extremely rare epic-ish item in P99 and Velious so I always thought how frustrated it would be to almost have a free 10th ring worth of regen simply because of the race I chose.

So 1) do what you want, 2) decide if a newer/better monk is better than an alt. It's fun to have diversity like a melee+caster or tank and healer whatever, 3) if it's only stats i wouldn't reroll 4) if you want iksar do it.

[Troxx]

The only reason to consider re-rolling is if you want iksar race for regen and innate ac. Both are incredibly nice for monks. As far as stats go? I'll stand by my assertion that you won't see a functional difference between a human monk who went max stam, max str, max intelligence, max wisdom, max agility, max dexterity, or max charisma in the long run.

Low end actually favors str.

High end favors stamina.

Ultra-high end favors anything you can't easily cap with BIS gear + buffs.

...

As a realist I acknowledge that stats mean very little (functionally) at the high end. Yes, some choices are better than others. Yes, some choices are stupid. At the end of the day +20 to any given yields very little difference and makes/breaks nothing.

:braces_himself_for_min/max_eq_rage

Regardless, stats do not warrant repeating levels 1-35. Race choice? That's the only reason to reroll. Iksar monk > human monk. Having said that, I chose human monk because I prefer the look.

[Troxx]

Cool story bro

[Itap]

I recently rerolled my 28 human monk to Iksar and hes currently 49. I noticed a huge difference in solo capability right off the bat. Hes not even crazy twinked (RBG, SoS/Ada club, pantherskin). I don't think I've grouped once with him, and I only imagine it will get better 51+ once regen takes off. I may be the minority here but I like the Iksar char models and animations [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Lhancelot]

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

I may be the minority here but I like the Iksar char models and animations [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I know someone that says this too. I honestly think you guys have jedi mind-tricked yourself into thinking they look awesome.

[Ravager]

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

I know someone that says this too. I honestly think you guys have jedi mind-tricked yourself into thinking they look awesome.

Yeah, there's definitely some rationalization going on here. I played an Iksar Monk to 51 before I rerolled to a Human because it just looked so damn stupid.

[maskedmelonpai]

well, to be fair, he just say he lieked them. he no say why he do. lizards are goofy looking. maybe he liek the silliness. i tend to think of lizards here as liek dogs or something. every time i see one it make me want to get down on my knees, sit back on my heels and pat my thighs saying, "c'mere lizard! c'mere!" then he come hobblin over all dopily as lizards do, climb up in my lap and lick me all over my face with his stupid lizard tongue as i grimace in a confused mix of disgust and bashfulness.

[Ravager]

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

well, to be fair, he just say he lieked them. he no say why he do. lizards are goofy looking. maybe he liek the silliness. i tend to think of lizards here as liek dogs or something. every time i see one it make me want to get down on my knees, sit back on my heels and pat my thighs saying, "c'mere lizard! c'mere!" then he come hobblin over all dopily as lizards do, climb up in my lap and lick me all over my face with his stupid lizard tongue as i grimace in a confused mix of disgust and bashfulness.

Fair enough.

[Lhancelot]

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

well, to be fair, he just say he lieked them. he no say why he do. lizards are goofy looking. maybe he liek the silliness. i tend to think of lizards here as liek dogs or something. every time i see one it make me want to get down on my knees, sit back on my heels and pat my thighs saying, "c'mere lizard! c'mere!" then he come hobblin over all dopily as lizards do, climb up in my lap and lick me all over my face with his stupid lizard tongue as i grimace in a confused mix of disgust and bashfulness.

I will never look at iksar the same again. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Samoht]

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

Starting stats mean literally nothing.

Unless you're a min/maxer, and then you'd delete a 35 Human Monk to reroll as Iksar and put all of your starting points into STA.