Monk Gear Questions!

[Slave]

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

Great! Keep the info coming! Would you say a wus quivering staff is better damage ratio than the trance sticks? You guys have been great help so far, thanks!

It'd be 14/18 vs 23/29 but dual wield check doesn't proc as much... I'd say the Staff would be a better bet from levels 20-35, and the sticks would be better 1-20 and 35+. Although damage caps are not implemented here the same way they were in Classic...

[soup]

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

It'd be 14/18 vs 23/29 but dual wield check doesn't proc as much... I'd say the Staff would be a better bet from levels 20-35, and the sticks would be better 1-20 and 35+. Although damage caps are not implemented here the same way they were in Classic...

That's not a great way to look at it for low levels, the 14/18 for the trance sticks. The offhand swing happens farrrrr too infrequently. Honestly, Trance sticks shouldn't even be a thought until 35, or close to it.

But you do bring up a valid point with mentioning the damage cap. Before level 10, damage is capped out at 20 damage per swing, so the 2H sucks a lot at that point. From level 10 to 20 the damage cap is 40 though, so using the quivering staff would be perfectly fine. Would lose out on a little bit of it's damage, but I'm still pretty sure it would out damage Trance sticks no problem.

[Slave]

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

That's not a great way to look at it for low levels, the 14/18 for the trance sticks. The offhand swing happens farrrrr too infrequently. Honestly, Trance sticks shouldn't even be a thought until 35, or close to it.

That's why I mentioned the dual wield chance and ended up saying that Quivering would be better from 20-35. But in Classic, the damage cap was always 30 points until level 20, I'm not really sure what the formula here is, but if it is 40 damage until level 20, they're just plain wrong. Although I DID also qualify that with an Idk.

[soup]

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

That's why I mentioned the dual wield chance and ended up saying that Quivering would be better from 20-35. But in Classic, the damage cap was always 30 points until level 20, I'm not really sure what the formula here is, but if it is 40 damage until level 20, they're just plain wrong. Although I DID also qualify that with an Idk.

I'm not sure either now. I do know I was hitting for 40 on my warrior with a Poison Wind Censer before level 20, and was under the impression that monk would have the same cap, but I'm not sure on that at all now that I think about it.

[Baa]

Wu's quivering staff is great, can confirm that cap up to 20 is 40, after 20 unless you have super high str you will hit in the high 40's with it so you don't lose a great deal of damage.

Haven't done any real testing but it 'seems' that I am doing more damage with the wu's quivering staff over the trance sticks. Only real drawback I can see is when you gea few misses in a row it can really hurt.

[Slave]

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

I'm not sure either now. I do know I was hitting for 40 on my warrior with a Poison Wind Censer before level 20, and was under the impression that monk would have the same cap, but I'm not sure on that at all now that I think about it.

I agree Quivering would rock from 10-35 if 40 damage is their cap.