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Newbie Monk
Hello Everyone!
It's good to see old school Everquest again! I've just started playing here on Project 1999 and I made a monk as my first character. I never played a monk on live and they seemed fun but I had a few questions for the people that know! I'm currently a level 5 iksar monk and have been using two staffs from the monk guild merchant I saved up for by selling scorpion pincers. Is there some other weapon I should be aiming for as well that's relatively low-cost. I have no other sources of income to twink so something realistically aimable would be good. Also, at low levels, does the weight penalty matter much or should I just ignore it to focus on getting some money? And finally, wtf level does mend start to work at? I've actually had it kill me, more than it's helped me. I guess until then I shouldn't use it in combat? Thanks a bunch for your advice, Flex! | ||
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bump?
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Welcome! You chose a fun class. Now on to your questions.
Good luck and hope you enjoy it!
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Last edited by Reptak; 04-29-2011 at 04:36 AM..
Reason: spelling/grammer
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like Reptak said, you want to put most of the points you can in mend when training at first. And spam it all the time, even if you are at full health. I had a iksar monk on live and LOVED IT. Unless you just want to use to 1 hand blunt weapons(can understand why, its just cool [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]) you might want to just use your bare hands. Hardly anything you are going to be able to get right now will be any better unless you are very lucky when around 10-15+ and get into a Kurn's group and get an iksar beserker club or something(but I wouldn't doubt if that is farmed all the time) Your regular hands will problably end up doing more damage at the early levels.
It is also a good idea to try and keep hand to hand up in skill anyway in case you need to make a solo corpse run, monks have it nice in that way since you can still kick butt even though you don't have any gear lol | ||
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Oh one more thing, you probably already know this but, work on your bind wound skill too. As a monk if you have worked on that skill as well you can pretty much keep going with very little downtime, a truly fun class. Makes me want to level up another one, but im too busy with my shammy and SK atm lol
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Honestly, one of the great things about playing a monk is that you really don't need to stress about weapons and gear as much as other classes. While a fighting baton or similar would be nice, many of the monks on this server leveled up with nothing but fists and mesh/cloth armor. The point I'm trying to get at is that I wouldn't worry about gear or money much, focus almost exclusively on leveling and gear will come.
As for weight, obviously it is ideal to stay under the penalty level, however, if you're not soloing/tanking it isn't vitally important. This is actually one area where us old timers had it easy, because almost everyone had a 100% WR box because they were so common and rotted so often. Without weight reduction bags, I personally would carry the bare minimum - maybe 1 or 2 containers tops. Just enough for food/water/bandages/shurikans/whatever. As far as mend, use it whenever it pops. Until you get into the 70s and 80s for skill, it is so unreliable that the idea of "saving it" to get you out of a tight spot or finish off a mob doesn't really make a lot of sense. | ||
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I noticed that after a certain weight you reach (I think it's relatively high) your AC doesn't take as much as a hit per stone. You'll already be pretty penalized, but if you already reached that point, you shouldn't keep worrying about it anymore.
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Just get a MR, HP, and AC buff and start pulling [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.].
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I appreciate the comments guys, especially about the gearing! I was thinking it was like a rogue where you needed good weaps to be useful and so you should just neglect armor to save up for them.
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Oh as for bags, pick up a couple large sewing kits, you put pretty much anything in them and their weight is something like .3 lbs, rather than the regular bags that weigh 3 lbs, that adds up | |||
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