Will my monk stop being fun?

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

I've been leveling my first real melee character on P99, a human monk who is now level 23 and very mildly twinked (hp rings, cured silk, wu's staff). It's been awesome. Between bind wound and mend, the combat is basically nonstop, just slaughtering low blues/high greens and having the time of my life compared to my caster toons and their mana dependencies.

I always see people on the forums talking about how weak melee gets, especially for soloing, and I'm dreading getting to that point... but so far it feels like I'm staying pretty consistently effective.

Just wondering what kind of realistic expectations I should have for this character's power progression through the rest of the leveling process? At what point, if any, will this phase of relatively consistent combat end? Any anecdotal experiences (especially non-iksar non-fungi) would be great to hear!

Melee slaughter will come to a halt around lvl 50, whereas your caster toons with mana dependencies start slaughtering mobs and basically need no gear. Necro starts at 34 and even more so at 49 with lich and bond of death, enchanter starts earlier around lvl 29 when you get clarity and charming becomes a lot easier as the level range increases for mobs that are blue to you.

You won’t be able to touch enchanters/necros and even some Druids/shamans but you can still keep killing decently as melee just need a lot more gear and know exactly where to kill.