only aquired loot or does the loot go to the nonladder loot table?

Not very interested in making new chars every few months when there is no trading or other multiplayer interactions.

wei2coolman

United States60033 Posts

May 18 2014 03:54 GMT

#17522

K, started playing my monk, wat do?

ObviousOne

United States3704 Posts

May 18 2014 04:11 GMT

#17523

On May 18 2014 12:54 wei2coolman wrote:
K, started playing my monk, wat do?

Re-roll literally anything else

wei2coolman

United States60033 Posts

May 18 2014 04:13 GMT

#17524

On May 18 2014 13:11 ObviousOne wrote:

Show nested quote +

Re-roll literally anything else

are they in that bad of a state?

ObviousOne

United States3704 Posts

May 18 2014 05:19 GMT

#17525

I neither like how the class feels nor its reliance on OWE. If you don't mind the likely extra time it will take to be solo-material for higher torments, or are willing to be regarded as a follower in T6, then go for it. Blizzard hasn't really addressed monks and the latest word is there is no news regarding changes to the class (maybe I'm outdated on that info).

I'm not saying not to try it, just look around the monk subreddit and monk forums to be aware of the issues monks are facing and decide for you if that's okay right now.

Or just play anything else like I did. Monk survival feels incredibly razor's edge to me. Either fine or miserable. Switched back to DH, then Wiz, finally landed on WD and I'm enjoying that.

Dakkas

2550 Posts

May 18 2014 05:20 GMT

#17526

A blue said that 2.1 will be the patch that has the Monk changes.

Amui

Canada10567 Posts

May 18 2014 06:39 GMT

#17527

On May 18 2014 13:13 wei2coolman wrote:

Show nested quote +

are they in that bad of a state?

Unless you're willing to play support to farm gear, it's rough. You need insane gear with 4 good rolls on all armor, OWE resist on all of it if possible to venture into T5/T6 alone.

Monks in BiS generatorless fire LTK do about as much DPS as a garg, although you can multiply that with stuff like CS/EP.

Lightning spec is more fun(you do more than hold down one button), but it doesn't scale past T4-T5 very well.

But if you can live with the fact that you have one endgame solo spec that takes ludicrously good gear, that still clears significantly slower than other classes, then by all means, play monk.

NeoIllusions

United States37500 Posts

May 18 2014 07:16 GMT

#17528

Monk is fine as long as you understand what you're getting yourself into:
They have the worst class sets in the game by far. Dex is a subpar main stat to have (compared to Int or Str) and it's even worse when you're a melee class (meaning at least DH can make use of Dex/dodge because they're ranged). They have very good utility and their crowd control for groups is top notch, making a Monk a great addition to any party but they have immense trouble soloing. There's really only two elemental types to build Monk, fire and lightning. OWE makes enchanting frustrating at times, definitely the hardest class to gear optimally.

That said, if you still want to make a Monk, glhf. I have a friend in the clan, noobofhonor, who has played nothing except monk since D3 release. He runs Inna's and Ashaera's, essentially the definition of support aura bot. But hey, he has a lot of fun doing it.

ObviousOne

United States3704 Posts

May 18 2014 07:21 GMT

#17529

Is this a TL community clan you speak of? I think someone was inquiring about it recently and I'm in the market for active group play T1+

Amui

Canada10567 Posts

May 18 2014 07:45 GMT

#17530

On May 18 2014 16:21 ObviousOne wrote:
Is this a TL community clan you speak of? I think someone was inquiring about it recently and I'm in the market for active group play T1+

There's 2 clans, one is <TL> the other <Liquid>. I can only speak for <Liquid>, but generally there's 2-3 groups during peak hours, and skill level ranges from starting T1 to Zarth level.

Currently about a dozen or so people are group T5 capable(so long as I'm there to facetank), and probably by the end of this double leg week we could probably move onto T6.

On a side note it's nice to finally have the gear to solo T3 in under 10 minutes on a monk. I'll have to fully transition to lightning OWE to go up to T4/T5, but it's a start. I'll need to find inna's pants with a good roll, good OS/SoH, and craft new asheara's gloves/boots, and aughilds bracers to get there, and it will be painful, but it'll happen...eventually. Also hope that a lightning SoJ drops, because that would be sick.

Dakkas

2550 Posts

May 18 2014 07:50 GMT

#17531

Yes. Thanks for the Double Legendary drop rates, I've finally been able to make complete the Earth set and after taking it for a test run, I can see why it's the best set in the game.

http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/Melkor-1140/hero/9010497

Current plan is to swap my armour and gauntlets to Aughuild's for the defensive bonuses and roll a better Devastator. I'm going to look for better pants as well since Ashearas by themselves are rather pointless. Anyone have any suggestions for better pants to craft?

wei2coolman

United States60033 Posts

May 18 2014 07:59 GMT

#17532

If you can fit blackthornes set in there that would be solid. Or captain crimson set. Would probably have to give up the boots you have now, and not sure if it would be worth it.

Dakkas

2550 Posts

May 18 2014 09:19 GMT

#17533

Captain Crimson looks good, though like you said, involves getting rid of Lut Socks and with it my biggest single source of damage. Blackthornes could also work since with Chest + Pants, I can still use Reaper's.

NeoIllusions

United States37500 Posts

May 18 2014 09:20 GMT

#17534

You can't give up Lut Socks for Leap/EQ Barb.

Edit: If you want BT, probably do Chest/Pants. A lot of Leap Barbs run Cassius belt. 6s of Ignore Pain is pretty gud when you're jumping into 2+ elite mobs.
Edit: Actually Aughild Armor/Bracer + BT Belt/Pants is ok too. No room for Cassius then.

wei2coolman

United States60033 Posts

May 18 2014 14:56 GMT

#17535

Maybe a perfect roll BT ammy with BT pants would work?

NeoIllusions

United States37500 Posts

May 18 2014 21:50 GMT

#17536

Considering all BT amu come with AS, LoH and %Life, you can hardly hope for a perfect BT amu.

wei2coolman

United States60033 Posts

May 18 2014 23:33 GMT

#17537

On May 19 2014 06:50 NeoIllusions wrote:
Considering all BT amu come with AS, LoH and %Life, you can hardly hope for a perfect BT amu.

Wasn't aware what the predetermine rolls for BT were. :/ I guess not.

Dakkas

2550 Posts

May 19 2014 02:47 GMT

#17538

Using BT Belts/Pants is really good. Only downside is I'll need to change from Chilinak's which is just so sexy.

Still Leap is pretty good for movement and it has a really short CD. Once in my life, I actually want the BT's set pieces to drop, who knew?

Glacierz

United States1245 Posts

May 19 2014 14:50 GMT

#17539

How do I spec a fire sorc without wand of woh? Here's how I look atm, assume I have RoRG instead:

http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/Glacier-1662/hero/3202684

NeoIllusions

United States37500 Posts

May 19 2014 15:28 GMT

#17540

Are you leaning towards more Magic Missle or Meteor? While you will obviously be running both, one of these spells will be your primary dps and your equipment will reflect that. (e.g. Mirrorball vs Firebird's Eye)