RoK beta Monks

Duggie · 11-10-2007, 04:31 AM

How was your opinion on the Monk in the new expansion?

Faxon · 11-10-2007, 04:35 AM

aint checked it out yet, talk to blanka. looks to me like same old same old though, with a bit of an easier time getting good weapons

Miresh · 11-10-2007, 09:32 AM

For tanking, it's really more of the same ... maybe even worse. Mobs seem to hit like a truck in this expansion to the point that even the plate tanks have been forced to use def stance in T8 fabled. There has been no change in uncontested avoidance, so that disparity still exists.
I have been able to do some pretty sick DPS in the set gear ... I was keeping pace with the Assasins when I was actually in the melee DPS group. The set gear has a pretty good mix of nice melee effects, but does little for tanking.
In short, it looks like more of the same -- a hybrid class that doesn't excel at anything (I am not convinced that high DPS I had will be consistent).

Slaan · 11-10-2007, 12:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Miresh

Mobs seem to hit like a truck in this expansion to the point that even the plate tanks have been forced to use def stance in T8 fabled. There has been no change in uncontested avoidance, so that disparity still exists.
I have been able to do some pretty sick DPS in the set gear ... I was keeping pace with the Assasins when I was actually in the melee DPS group. The set gear has a pretty good mix of nice melee effects, but does little for tanking.
In short, it looks like more of the same -- a hybrid class that doesn't excel at anything (I am not convinced that high DPS I had will be consistent).

Heroic encounters truly are heroic now to say the least but is this really a problem? after all we have def stance for a reason as do other fighters. While i don't seem to avoid a great deal of attacks I find myself taking more or less the same dmg as the zerker i played with only i get more serious spike dmg than him. What it means is that there will be no more soloing the majority of heroic encounters or training thru easy zones like SoS and farming like the old days though i do believe some things will be managable it will be end game eqqupiied toons that can do it only...just like it should be.

As for dps, our assassin has been parsing 4-5k consistently and although he does have RRoB I find it quite impossible to match or come close to his dps if he aint afk/asleep/not trying. Not saying that my dps is too shabby, i've been using a 129 dr 2h on beta and in some cases im matching some mages on single target fights or I'm not far behind them.

Blanka · 11-10-2007, 05:45 PM

I think we have improved some. Especially when tanking Epics. Ya there is some high spike dmg but I was at 17000 health last night with a defiler and inq. Also, the spike dmg is hitting all tanks. I did a zone the other day thats is supposed to be one of the harder ones for group content and hardest I got hit was just a little over 4k. With 17000 health 4k isn't that horrible.

Blanka · 11-10-2007, 05:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Faxon

aint checked it out yet, talk to blanka. looks to me like same old same old though, with a bit of an easier time getting good weapons

Ya just so everyone knows I wasn't copied to BETA until Thursday night so I wouldn't call me an expert have had very limited testing. I know Couch was on there longer and Sellara and possibly Taucher. Only played 2 nights so far. I was able to keep up with Xenobe in dps tho on some noob raid we all did for fun. When we went all out I was usually just 100-150 behind him and I did just edge him out on the ZW.

EDIT: Bruiser is still gunna out dps us. We both had less then ideal groups.