Monks and Velious - Are you ready?

[Cranky]

So Velious is getting closer with the announcement that the last zone is being tested, so what does that mean for monks?

As a monk what does Velious mean to us, What legacy gear should we dumping or hoarding? What Velious gear should we be seeking out immediately, tradeskills? What factions/quests are most relevant to us?

What I do remember about Velious back in the day was factions were tricky and it was easy to really mess them up.

Some legacy stuff gets changed soon after Velious release, Vox/Nagfen encounters being one example, should we be getting things done/finished before Velious is released?

I welcome all Velious discussion, monk or otherwise.

[Thulack]

Nothing changes for Vox/Naggy. And i'm sure you can find a few posts about velious prep if you search.

[Lojik]

Items needed for monks come velious...socks and neck beard trimmers. After a few months or maybe a year the casuals can join in the madness...gonna be a shit show early on. Probably a good idea to farm faction first and tag mobs that TMO/IB kill. Faction takes a good bit of grinding anyhoo.

Monk armor is p awesome this expansion. Bracer of benevolence mobs gonna be perma camped for a loooong time

[Daldaen]

Vox/Naggy lose teeth and rez sticks from loot tables.

Monk... Holgresh Elder Beads will be the main item. Everything else is just stats.

Though on this server, stalking probes are extremely easy to use, cheap to recharge, and instant cast. So Holgresh beads will be nice for sure but not manadtory. Just save you a decent amount of bag space and having to vendor recharge.

[Cranky]

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

Nothing changes for Vox/Naggy. And i'm sure you can find a few posts about velious prep if you search.

I haven't run VOX/Nagy on P99 but two weeks after Velious on Live, the encounters were changed to kick out anyone greater than lvl 55, I would suspect P99 would follow suit.

[Daldaen]

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

I haven't run VOX/Nagy on P99 but two weeks after Velious on Live, the encounters were changed to kick out anyone greater than lvl 55, I would suspect P99 would follow suit.

Vox/Naggy already boot people over 52.

June 2000 Patch

Over the past couple of weeks, we've received more and more reports of these dragons being bested by smaller and smaller groups of higher- level (high 50s) adventurers. As we've always felt that Dragons should be special encounters that require a large number of people, we were left with some choices.

One choice available to us was to increase the power of the dragons to a level where the level 60 folks would find them challenging. This would have the disadvantage of forever placing them out-of-reach for those who did not buy Kunark, and place them further out-of-reach for those who did, but are just now approaching the levels where they could go on Dragon raids. Another possible solution was to make the dragons flee (depop) when engaged by a more powerful group of people. This would have the undesired effect of allowing some people to deny others the experience of fighting a dragon.

Instead of raising the bar as mentioned above, we've instead decided that dragons, or at least these two dragons, should have the magical ability to pick their own fights. Players of level 53 or above will now encounter some difficulty when attempting to assist in combat with these dragons. This should help 40s and low 50-level characters with their chances to encounter a dragon without worry of getting forced out by much higher level players. In addition, it also has the added effect of creating a natural progression from the younger dragons of Antonica to the elder and more formidable dragons of Kunark.

It was mid Kunark.

[Loadsamoney]

Don't Monks get access to the almighty Black Pantherskin armor in Velious?

[Itap]

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

Don't Monks get access to the almighty Black Pantherskin armor in Velious?

Yes

[Loadsamoney]

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

Yes

Then forget Wu's being re-implemented, all the Monks are going to want Black Pantherskin when Velious hits.

The ones that can afford it, anyway. I remember the pelts being obscenely time-consuming to farm, and the yew leaf also being a pain to get. The velium bonning was the only easy material to get.

And it has something like a 230 trivial. I would not be surprised if Black Pantherskin commands outrageous prices in Velium, upwards of 3k or more a piece.