Brother Kyeric,
Since the beginning of my training, I was suspicious of the advantages of DEX
and AGI--I am not so certain that many monks were surprised by the information
to which you are refering. I favored AGI improvements as they also contributed
to improvements in AC. But I will say that AC and STR can both be increased
with little trouble. I do not think I would change the allocation of my start
points which I largely divided between STR and AGI; I might have put more into
STR than I did. Basically, the distribution of your starting points will have
less to do with your success than the acquisition of items and the training of
your skills later on. Any real changes in ATK value and AC from STR and AGI,
respectively doesn't occur until each five point increment, so keep that in
mind when arming yourself and distributing points. My preference, as of late,
however has been to add AC every chance I get. I have substituted a Serpentine
Bracer with a Bracer of Erolissi, and have added a pair of Jagged Bands. What
you may notice is that often when adding AC with certain items you will
enhance
STR along with it.
In Quellious's name,
Manjushri
Bearer of the Red Sash of the Ashen Order
(Fennin Ro?)
At 11:30 PM 1/31/00 -0700, you wrote:
>From: "James" <wsjames@...>
>
>So, folks, we all recently heard *with disappointment* about verant
>employees posting about DEX and AGI - they seem to be a lot less important
>than we hoped for. In light of this new information - what do all you monks
>out there see as the most important stats for a monk, now? How would you
>focus your items (ie STR? AC? HPS? AGI? DEX? STA?)? And how would you
>distribute your starting points? Maybe a few could name some equipment that
>backs up their opinions.
>Thanks in advance for everyone's input =)
>
>Kyeric
>
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