Monk Income Dilemma: Create Farming Character or Press Forward?

[Ele]

trade coin for gems, which have a pretty good rate of return on vendors and it prevents you from having to carry coin for ports and stuff

[Malone88]

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

trade coin for gems, which have a pretty good rate of return on vendors and it prevents you from having to carry coin for ports and stuff

Great tip here. Buy gargoyle eyes or peridots off vendors to get rid of your copper/silver/gold.

At your level, you can start killing orcs in highpass (or kith) for a decent weight-reduction bag, Shralok Pack. My rogue has farmed two of those already at level 26. The named who drops it is an easy kill (easier than the other named orcs in that camp). Shaman bags are better, but not always convenient. When you save up like 500pp, you can buy better WR bags like Bag of Evil-Eye and Light Burlap Sack.

http://wiki.project1999.com/Shralok_Pack
http://wiki.project1999.com/Bag_of_Sewn_Evil-Eye
http://wiki.project1999.com/Light_Burlap_Sack

[Splorf22]

corpse mage summoned bags

Also Wu's staff is really pretty good. If you hit 46+ you can get a better FBSS in Sky. The epic is easy enough etc. Really monks are so much easier to gear than warriors.

[HeallunRumblebelly]

Originally Posted by Splorf22 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

corpse mage summoned bags

Also Wu's staff is really pretty good. If you hit 46+ you can get a better FBSS in Sky. The epic is easy enough etc. Really monks are so much easier to gear than warriors.

Dunno man...need a shield of rainbow hues, revive stick(s), 2 bladestoppers... :P

edit: But if your gearing expectations are realistic for a leveling char, yeah, the only expense that will really put you back is haste (golden sash of tranq is VERY doable to with a guild that does sky somewhat often--and 41 haste falls from the sky in velious) and the fungus tunic. You'll make enough eventually for it. If you're looking to build an empire though, you really can't beat enchanter / shaman (or necro if your HS south makes your dick hard).

[baalzy]

Originally Posted by Splorf22 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

corpse mage summoned bags

Also Wu's staff is really pretty good. If you hit 46+ you can get a better FBSS in Sky. The epic is easy enough etc. Really monks are so much easier to gear than warriors.

Does zoning and then force-crashing still work to hold on to no rent items?

[eqravenprince]

Easiest way to hang onto summoned bags is to /duel someone and leave the corpse at the end of your night. Yes, you would have a run back to your corpse, but it worked great for me when I leveled in HighKeep from 25-35 cause I was bound there while hunting guards. All that fine steel vendored there added up to a ton of cash where I was able to buy a couple tink bags.

[Messianic]

Press forward. Always. Money comes exponentially with level. Everyone underestimates the time it takes to level an alt without twinking.

[Iumuno]

Like others said - don't worry about AC, broken or not.

[Luchino]

Farm Chardok faction in Nurga at 50. Make money with drops in chardok aoe or sell you pull spot on the forums.

[Layze]

Don't worry about the weight at your level. Just loot stuff. The AC penalty for more weight at your level is negligible and remains so until mid 40s. By then you should be able to afford some sort of weight reduction bags.