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Originally Posted by Videri
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Consider where your stats will be with buffs. Maniacal Strength gives 68 strength, Focus of Spirit gives 67, and they stack (if you receive Strength first); so that's 135. So you only need 120 with gear to max it buffed. Maybe the Kael stuff will give enough.
Then again, it would be nice and convenient to only need Focus. Is 188 str unbuffed a realistic goal? I've never built a monk before.
Also, how important is it to get str from 240 to 255 buffed (for instance)? Will you or your guildmates notice the additional DPS? I think playing well, paying attention, having your consumables/clickies ready, managing your buffs, jumping around the corner for AEs on mobs where that's necessary, etc are going to have more of an impact. You can never have so much gear that you can play lazily.
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Stats have very little meaning in Everquest, the difference between 200 Str and 255 Str is nearly undetectable.
AC on the other hand matters. You should always go for the highest AC option available to you with whatever HP to AC trade off you consider acceptable. Most of the Skyshrine and Kael sets are not upgrades over very cheap AC gear you can buy for your Monk at level 1. Either Arm is a slight upgrade over Azure Sleeves, you need 1 bracer (not necessarily to weak although for Iksar you may well do) for the Pouch effect.
The rest is garbage.