Monk Nerf

[HeallunRumblebelly]

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

I think you're exaggerating a tad bit Yoite. I mean, there were some insane items, but they were off mobs like Vulak or quested via Dozekar... the vast majority of items in NToV were fairly balanced and expansion appropriate imo. Don't get me wrong, there were definitely some items that were much better than the others off the regular dragons in NToV - but there were no 50 AC masks (30 AC is best I can remember off Vulak) or 50 AC monk range items that I can remember(honestly don't remember what I used, think I had a hand of the master which was 20 or 25 until I replaced it with Luclin loot).

There were definitely some ridiculously sweet items, but they were very rare and very few monks (if any) on live were walking around rocking like 5 or 6 Vulak / Doze items.

I'm honestly surprised that a monk AC in velious/luclin QQ thread has been made without a link to....

http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?item=8941

lulz, 60ac mnk only, suck it long and suck it hard trebec D=

As for the nerf itself, it lowered their soft cap significantly (decreased scaling starting at lower gear levels) but the end result for perfect monks was negligible--it really became more of an aggro issue around mid luclin / late PoP, and mnks maintained their viability as ramp tanks just fine (though usually you had 5-6 lollygagging SKs, who once they casted their +hate buff, were just loldps and forced to ramptank anyway D=)

edit: Not saying that shit like BoSpeed weren't contributing factors, just surprised the flayed barbs weren't the first mentioned item :P