Monk, how do you not choose iksar?

[Beinen]

I saw some people arguing in OOC and told them to take it to the forums. Here you go.

Exp penalty, 1 extra delay on fists, and depending on how you feel about it, the tail is a positive or a negative.

[Colgate]

u basically have to either be a newbie, retard, or roleplayer to make a human monk

there is no argument for it

[Troxx]

Iksar is the undeniable min/max choice, and it's true they hold every advantage once the monk hits 60. They have more ac. They have more regen. They have worse bare fist ratio ... but nobody ever uses bare fists so it doesn't matter.

Knowing all that ... I still made a human monk. Why a human monk?

-Looks better (subjective, but /shrug)
-I like it better
-levels 20% faster

Most of all? I did it because I wanted a human monk - everyone and their mother plays an iksar monk.

[Pik]

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[ctre]

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

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And don't forget.
The Epic human monk Epic dps is slightly higher than the Iksar epic dps.

[jolanar]

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

And don't forget.
The Epic human monk Epic dps is slightly higher than the Iksar epic dps.

wut

[nyclin]

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

And don't forget.
The Epic human monk Epic dps is slightly higher than the Iksar epic dps.

epic fists set your hands to 9/16, there's no difference for iksar

[Raev]

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

Most of all? I did it because I wanted a human monk - everyone and their mother plays an iksar monk.

The funny thing, though, is that there are a lot of human monks around. At *least* 1/3. Maybe even 40%. The monk class is so overpowered that even with a weak race it's quite good.

[Sallan]

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

Most of all? I did it because I wanted a human monk

This. For me at least it's to re-live the nostalgia of my char back in '99. I've always played a human monk with the same name (even during the TLP servers)

[Atada]

... but nobody ever uses bare fists so it doesn't matter.

We do though. Ask any epic monk.

Human monks exist mostly from:
Pre Kunark, want to level faster or want to use good towns.