Monks, what are they like?Follow

I'm getting eq2 soon, and I'm not sure which class to be, normally im a mage (a CC'er) but i want to try something differrent.

So im thinking of becoming a Monk, but are they any fun to play?, and are they good enough at soloing, while being useful in groups?

In many of the forums, monks sound interesting and good solo'ers, but they seem to have many problems.

There's only one person who can answer that question

But I can tell you that monks look really cool and have high DPS. Always welcome in groups. I think they can solo ok because they kill quickly but the balance to that is they also take damage more than other tanking classes.

Hopefully a monk player can give you some answers.

Thanks for that.

Do you think that a grand majority of point should be put into agility?

ok, what are the animations like, and the fist's ones.

and also, which type of weapon do you use? are fists any useful?

Animations are very kungfuish. Think of Jet Li and you can get a close idea. For weapons, all depends on stats and damage rating. No one type of weapon is better. 2handers are almost always better for going pure DPS and dual wield is usually better for tanking.

Before level 10, bare fists are your best weapons as well as your cheapest. After 10, it is better for you to get actual weapons. If you are looking for the bare fist animations however, there are fistwraps and other hand to hand weapons that give the same animations. I at level 42 still have the same normal attack animations as I did when I was lvl 8 without a weapon.

Edited, Sun Apr 24 15:39:15 2005 by KeelJoo

what type of two handed weapons will monks use? staffs?

and what duel weild weapons too?

Edited, Mon Apr 25 11:33:13 2005 by Xanril

Kagimen: you should use a wepon with monks before level 10 if your going to after, just so you can get the skill up.

The bare fists level up crushing, which is pretty much all you ever use unless you get exotic with the dual wields.

Edited, Mon Apr 25 15:58:12 2005 by KeelJoo

Race means absolutely nothing late game, but prior to... let's say 30, race does have an effect. Three cheers for the troll monk! I chose half elf because I just prefer that look. Also, you can expect to get between 65% - 80% unbuffed avoidance, all the way from lvl 20 - 50. Agility does affect it largely, but isnce it IS a percent, the large jumps aren't as noticable.

1) Said in previous posts.

2) Before you get Dragon's Stance, always use your defensive buff to solo, since the offensive buff blows wang. Once you get Dragon's Stance, use that when soloing. It is a direct increase to your offensive skills and well worth it. I found a Master 1 Dragon's Stance 3 days after getting the skill, nothing beats it mwahahaha.

3) To be completely and totally honest, choose whatever race you think looks pimpest. I know a lvl 50 Ratonga Monk, has around 160 stamina unbuffed. Late game, race is null.

By the way, anyone who thinks we suck at tanking (I just wanna rub this in), I tanked last night in a trio fighting white ^^'s. Guess what, still averaging 120 DPS with my defensive buffs up and the priest was barely using any power. Was 40 Mystic, 38 Swashie, and me (42 Monk). Just think about the sheer awesomeness.

Just remember, enjoy your monk while you can. We are so overpowered, we will get thwacked by that nerf bat one day. =D



Edited, Tue Apr 26 21:16:29 2005 by KeelJoo

What are monks paticularly bad at?

just a correction, you do better faster damage using a weapon up until level 10.... plus with a bare hand you are using a 1 hand weapon (only 1 hand swings) in order to duel wield you have to have a duel wield weapon, or fist wraps.... before level 10 anyway you can use any weapon type around too so take advantage of that to get best weapon you can to make those levels go faster. Once you get level 10 and choose brawler though always have either fist wraps, duel wield clubs, or other such weapons equipped... not only because if nothing in hand you only swing 1 hand, but also for the additional stats that weapons provide.

Once you become a brawler you should be able to duel.. before that it is 1h.

Xanril,

Monks are great..however...the opposite of a monk is Bruiser.
Consider a Bruiser a Monk on steriods..a Bruiser's main function is to do major damage.
They might not have the avoidance that Monks do but Bruisers are pretty good nonetheless at avoidance.
Bruisers are evil Monks.

Just to offer you more options..you dont have to be a Monk..you can also be a Bruiser.

Bruiser: Bruisers are powerful thugs who use raw physical force to pummel their opponents into submission. They have transformed their bodies into brutal weapons designed to inflict suffering upon their enemies.

Monk: Monks are disciplined combatants who specialize in the martial arts. Their natural agility allows them to avoid their enemy's blows and strike back with clean efficient counterattacks.