Game Mechanics: Monk skill - Mend

Villert · #1 10-23-2009, 03:13 PM

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

I quit playing my monk because of this, too. It makes effective soloing near impossible.

Yes it does. Combined with the fact that dodge/block doesn't work either, it makes being a monk extremely rough :-p

girth · #2 10-23-2009, 03:17 PM

Thats a whole nother point villert. I question whether dodge and blocks do work, as I have YET to see one in my combat log.

And yes, I feel like rerolling as well, monks are complete ass right now.

Monks used to could solo to 50, albeit very slowly. As it is now, I have trouble soloing a single blue mob. I can do it maybe 15-20% of the time, only if I get lucky and they miss a lot.

Danth · #3 10-23-2009, 03:20 PM

Mend is a characteristic monk skill used throughout their lives. It needs to work as advertised.

As a Paladin, I do dodge on occasion, so the skill itself at least works--if there's a problem with monks not dodging, perhaps that can narrow down the cause.

Danth.

Villert · #4 10-23-2009, 03:29 PM

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

Thats a whole nother point villert. I question whether dodge and blocks do work, as I have YET to see one in my combat log.

And yes, I feel like rerolling as well, monks are complete ass right now.

Monks used to could solo to 50, albeit very slowly. As it is now, I have trouble soloing a single blue mob. I can do it maybe 15-20% of the time, only if I get lucky and they miss a lot.

We should probably make another thread - but I feel the same way. I have trouble soloing a blue, and actually, embarrassingly enough - light blues at times. I got hit 17 straight times against a light blue last night, and probably 7 or 8 hits were for the mobs max damage. Ahh, we poor broken monks :-(

Khaleel · #5 10-23-2009, 04:52 PM

Link to a 2000 archived page from monkly business regarding mend corroborating the reports above: http://web.archive.org/web/200012100...ills/mend.html

The guy who wrote the post didn't write things in terms of skill level but rather character level, but since you get (level +1) * 5 in skill, and he says that you quit getting both failures and critical failures at around 19-20 (19 cap being 100, something you might not hit during your time in 19 if you level fast)...