Monk v.s. Warrior

[Vexenu]

I think a lot of the "fun" of soloing a Warrior is just the feeling of accomplishment from doing something different and difficult. You can't throw a rock without hitting a Fungi Iksar Monk twink, but soloing a pimped out Wood Elf Warrior? You're definitely stylin' and profilin'. That being said, there's a reason Monks are far and away the preferred melee to solo with. It's just a much easier and more enjoyable experience with the Monk toolkit compared to the Warrior.

[spoil]

I was having this same debate, leaning towards monk because I've already leveled a tank (pally) to 58 and never played a monk before. I have a very solid twink setup ready to go, just still considering a few things. Thinking about going eyepatch human and taking a leveling path through some of the dungeons I haven't really explored before.

[Duik]

Pornstash ftw.

[Vexenu]

Human Monk definitely the way to go if you've got a Fungi and other nice twink gear. The Iksar regen is enormously overrated (especially 1-50) and you'll level noticeably faster on the Human. Fashion is also obviously much better.

[Zuranthium]

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

Human Monk definitely the way to go if you've got a Fungi and other nice twink gear. The Iksar regen is enormously overrated (especially 1-50) and you'll level noticeably faster on the Human.

It aint overrated. You get an AC bonus too. Iksar Monk that's trying to solo to 60 will do it faster than a Human.

Now, if I was redesigning things, Human Monk unarmed attacks would have slightly higher base damage (and the Monk epic would add to unarmed damage rather than making the attacks weaker+faster). So in that case Human Monk would be slighter better DPS. Unfortunately it's not how things are, so there's no reason I'd pick a Human.

[Vexenu]

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

It aint overrated. You get an AC bonus too. Iksar Monk that's trying to solo to 60 will do it faster than a Human.

This is incorrect. Assuming the Human has a Fungi and other decent gear, the Iksar AC and regen bonus isn't nearly enough to overcome a 20% XP penalty. The Iksar has to kill 5 mobs for every 4 the Human kills to keep up with him, and the small advantage provided by slightly more AC and regen just isn't that noticeable.

The Iksar will obviously be a statistically superior character at 60, but the Human will get there quicker.

[Zuranthium]

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

Assuming the Human has a Fungi and other decent gear, the Iksar AC and regen bonus isn't nearly enough to overcome a 20% XP penalty. The Iksar has to kill 5 mobs for every 4 the Human kills to keep up with him, and the small advantage provided by slightly more AC and regen just isn't that noticeable.

Wrong. Sitting regen with Fungi at Level 51 = 20 per tick, for Iksar it's 27. That's 35% more regen between pulls, but lets say 30% in total since not sitting all the time. That is already enough to make up for the exp penalty. Then on top of that the Iksar regen gets even better at Level 56 and they have an AC boost. They will level faster, while also being just straight up better.

[Vivitron]

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

Wrong. Sitting regen with Fungi at Level 51 = 20 per tick, for Iksar it's 27. That's 35% more regen between pulls, but lets say 30% in total since not sitting all the time. That is already enough to make up for the exp penalty. Then on top of that the Iksar regen gets even better at Level 56 and they have an AC boost. They will level faster, while also being just straight up better.

I was curious what mend on cooldown would add; looks like 1 hp/tick per 240 total hp.

So if you are in the 2kish hp ballpark at 51 we're talking 8 hp a tick. So counting mend the 51 iksar gets 25% more regen sitting, 16% standing.

[skulldudes]

mustache > eyepatch [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[questever]

For a warrior does STR dictate the damage output on crits?