Monk Nerf

[Eccentricaa]

During what era was that big monk ac nerf? I remember the complaints.. but dont recall when it happened...

[Kassel]

POP

[Eccentricaa]

So no gimpy monks for us here?

[Kender]

the heavy nerf was with pop. but from what i've read here somewhere the combat code for emu is based on the post nerf monk so in effect they are already nerfed in that regard

i might be completely wrong though

[Messianic]

I remember at least a significant AC nerf in the Luclin/Velious era...Can anyone separate the two or provide info on each? I quit about 1/2-3/4 the way into luclin, so...

[Curmudgen]

monks got the mitigation big fat shaft up the behind in velious as I remember.

[Bushwick]

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

monks got the mitigation big fat shaft up the behind in velious as I remember.

This isn't true. My main was a monk and I was happily tanking for groups into mid-Luclin, when I quit. I heard about the nerf monks were hit with some time later, probably during PoP, and was glad I was through with the game.

[oldhead]

The official announcement was three days prior to the release of POP. The nerf happened sometime in PoP.

I know because thats what did it for me. Thats why I quit EQ.

The night I heard they were going to do it I didnt even bother to wait and see how bad it was. I canceled my multiple preorders of Pop and began to sell off my account (made an easy $3000)

That nerf was the straw that broke it for me.

From what I heard of thos server is it still operate under that same mitigation change.
So I believe monks are still "nerfed" on this server if you compare the mitigation to classic. But im not a number cruncher so who knows.

[girth]

It was definitely Luclin. Furor threw a huge public hissy fit because monks were tanking emperor and shit and he was upset that he rolled the basic tank class yet wasn't the best tank.

It was the huge ac/hp items that were all/all at the end of velious and in luclin that made monks so sick at tanking.

[spoolie]

OCTOBER 16, 2002

Defensive Changes:

* Decreased Monks' ability to mitigate damage (please see the Developer's Update on www.everquestlive.com for more details).
* Improved the ability of Paladins, Shadowknights, Warriors and Bards to mitigate damage in some situations.
* Upgraded Warrior dodge cap to 190.
* Upgraded Paladin, Shadowknight and Bard dodge cap to 170.
* Upgraded Ranger and Beastlord dodge to 170 and defense to 240.