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by **Thraksor** » Tue Mar 23, 2004 1:27 pm

Uhh... hello... again... everyone...

Most probably don't remember me. Infact it would probably be safe to say that very few ever even knew me from the get-go, I've been playing EQ off and on since '99 and now im somewhat back with a vengance, i been playin hardcore for about a month now and im lookin for a nice guild to take me to the next step, I've never really done too much raiding in EQ. One badly screwed up Nagafen raid that I led, and suprisingly we won... I damn near ripped all my hair out in the process though. Anyways... yeah... if any guilds out there are interested in a ghetto oldskool equiped 65 monk look me up ingame or post here.

by **labbats** » Tue Mar 23, 2004 8:10 pm

I thought Thraxor was a warrior

by **Thraksor** » Wed Mar 24, 2004 1:14 am

yeah... Thraxor is troll warrior, he's been around longer than me, i been playin since '99 and the first time i saw him he was already 60 i believe so he's been around since original i believe, not sure, never knew him too well...

by **Almegest Victory** » Fri Mar 26, 2004 9:44 pm

Thraksor is a suxmnk

by **Muglack** » Sat Mar 27, 2004 2:33 am

you'd know better then anyone. You smell your own :P

by **Thraksor** » Sun Mar 28, 2004 3:53 pm

by **Apoco1** » Thu Apr 01, 2004 4:35 pm

you'd know better then anyone. You smell your own

burned

by **Jeddas** » Fri Apr 02, 2004 1:45 am

Monks were a fad that died after Luclin. Start a beastlord.

Jeddas, Bardic Fighter

by **Kramer** » Fri Apr 02, 2004 1:39 pm

i thought that beastlords were the fad that died around 8 days after their release..... start a druid, they can..... ummmm...... go anywhere? i guess? ummm........

by **Simollardes** » Fri Apr 02, 2004 2:16 pm

play a shadowknight or a berserker, they are the most useful classes in eq

by **Thraksor** » Mon Apr 05, 2004 1:14 pm

play a shadowknight or a berserker, they are the most useful classes in eq

ok to that reply i have to say i think sony personally hates me because i used to play a shadow knight back in kunark days, you know when they were down there with pallys as the most useless class in the game, then of course i got tired of being useless so i picked up monk. which i figure will be useful cuz hell they outtank warriors with the right equipment, and i liked FD pulling from my SK. Of course, two weeks after that SKs get fix #1 to be followed by like 7 more since i've been playing EQ, and of course what happens to monks right when i start having fun outtanking warriors in the low 50s? they go and nerf monks making them the worst tank in EQ =/ so sorry guys, its obviously my fault that monks got nerfed ><

by **Thraksor** » Mon Apr 05, 2004 1:15 pm

man i hate the way i post... i just ramble on and on incoherantly

by **catseye nameless** » Mon Apr 05, 2004 1:18 pm

the sk/berzerker thing was a joke. Both classes suck mad ass

by **Sentro** » Mon Apr 05, 2004 3:57 pm

Play a cleric

by **Jay** » Mon Apr 05, 2004 6:19 pm

Hey, we're useful when the entire raid is dead.

by **Harrison** » Mon Apr 05, 2004 6:20 pm

Monks werent nerfed, they were put in their place.

by **glutumulu** » Wed Apr 07, 2004 9:04 am

The monk used to be a very good class that was fun to play and useful to a group or guild. Now I cannot see a reason to play a monk anymore. When looking back to it, the monk nerf was probably the one reason that made me stop playing EQ for about 1 year and a half. I came back recently but no way am I gone play a monk.

by **Thraksor** » Wed Apr 14, 2004 12:20 pm

yeah i know the ber/sk thing was a joke, but that doesn't mean i can't answer it seriously.
And as far as monks being put in their place then i'd say theres a lot of other classes that need to be "put in their place" as well... but hey... thats EQ just like life... unfair
but anyways, i don't need a guild anymore, Infusion picked me up, and they roxor ^_^ not the buffest group of people to ever play EQ but definitely one cool group of peeps.
Feel free to reply and tell me how much im wrong *shrug*

by **Captain Insano** » Sun Apr 18, 2004 5:41 pm

I was surprised when I started playing again just how few monks are running around these days. Its a shame because that class used to be pwn.

by **Phantomfist** » Wed Apr 21, 2004 6:46 am

I was surprised when I started playing again just how few monks are running around these days. Its a shame because that class used to be pwn.

That's because most monks have retired or are playing other classes now. Bottom line is, monks aren't a needed class. For groups or raids. Especially at the high end of things.

Monks use to offer 3 things:

1. Pulling. No one was consistantly better/safer at pulling than a good monk. When someone needed a puller, monks were at the top of the list, in most cases.

Thanks to the changes in lull/pac line(which was great for other classes, like paladins) and the simple fact that so damn many mobs CAN be lulled, monks were dropped as puller of choice. So much so that there are people who have never seen or even knew monks were good at pulling.

What use to take "real" game skills to safely pull, can now be done by any moron with the ability to lull/pac. So much for being challenged by the game.

2. Monks use to be gods of DPS thanks to high damage to ratio weapons that were almost exclusively monk-only weapons. The tranquil staff was just unreal back then. And it was practically priceless.

But other classes caught up and surpassed monks in this department. In both raid gear and bazaar gear. Now all melee classes could have weapons that had higher damage than delay. And most, if not all, have far more choices in said weapons. Even when there are decent monk weapons available, like the SoFW, the price is insane compared to other melee weapons of similiar design.

Once again monks lose.

3. Tanking/tank mezzing mobs for groups.

Then the "nerf" was added to the mixture. Because of a bunch of crybaby warriors couldn't STFU about it, Sony decided to screw over monks by ruining their damage mitigation. In a way that ONLY effects monks. Not druids or beastlords, both of whom also wear leather. Just monks.

Monks use to make damn good rampage tanks and were excellent at off tanking adds when needed. Not any more. Oh sure, monks can still off-tank most PoP or earlier era mobs, assuming they are geared with the top of the line equipment. Which most aren't.

Besides the above mentioned examples, the nerf crippled monks solo abilities to the extreme. This ruined play time for a lot of monks.

I'm sure there are other reasons I'm not thinking off at the moment, but those are the 3 big reasons why you don't see many monks running around. Including me...

by **Tacks** » Wed Apr 21, 2004 7:06 am

stfu crybaby monks

I'm glad I don't get to see "That's a perfect monk item" on 95% of loot anymore.

by **labbats** » Wed Apr 21, 2004 7:23 am

Perfect items go to the perfect class.

Monks > all

But that was then and this is now. Monks are worthless pretty much anymore for all the reasons Phantomfist said. wtg sony

by **Bitonthus** » Wed Apr 21, 2004 8:22 am

hey Ralf get a life freak

by **Drunnken** » Wed Apr 21, 2004 10:48 am

owned by someone with an endgame character of level 53 and a middle school avatar

no

also, why are people that don't even know ralf or his annoying past jumping on the make fun of ralf bandwagon? you're a bunch of fucking wannabes and posers

by **Donnel** » Thu Apr 22, 2004 12:53 pm

Drunnken wrote:also, why are people that don't even know ralf or his annoying past jumping on the make fun of ralf bandwagon?

Drunnken wrote: you're a bunch of fucking wannabes and posers

Methinks you answered your own question.

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