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<b>Message ID:</b> 1617 <br/>
<b>Date:</b> Thu Sep  7 21:18:33 BST 2000 <br/>
<b>Author:</b> John Carney <br/>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [EQ-Monks] Crescent Armor <br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-1047991269">Except for the fact that STR has nothing to do with damage done, this is a<br/>
fine idea......<br/>
<br/>
There have been a HUGE amount of studies on what affects combat, and for<br/>
monks the answer is effectively NOTHING. Skill and level are what its all<br/>
about.<br/>
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AC/MR/HP. PERIOD.  Dex gear helps when you get a weapon that procs (love<br/>
that wu trance stick!), but still its not that big of deal....  It won&#39;t be<br/>
long before you just cannot carry this extra stuff around. I&#39;m at 14 weight<br/>
right now, with a box of abu-kar..... I really wish they&#39;d lossen that up at<br/>
higher levels. Adding 1hb weapons can push you over the edge pretty quickly.<br/>
<br/>
Stonedorn<br/>
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-----Original Message-----<br/>
From: Cameron Oltmann [mailto:<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:Gremmik@...">Gremmik@...</a>]<br/>
Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2000 3:57 PM<br/>
To: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:EQ-Monks@egroups.com">EQ-Monks@egroups.com</a><br/>
Subject: Re: [EQ-Monks] Crescent Armor<br/>
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You&#39;re going to want two suits, at least.  For soloing, you want AC and<br/>
resistances first, then str etc.  When you&#39;re in a group with good<br/>
tanks/healers, you want strength first.  The reasoning behind this is<br/>
simple.  When soloing, you want to make it as hard as possible for them to<br/>
hurt you.  When in a group, you can concentrate on damage rather than<br/>
defense since you won&#39;t be taking the hits if there are decent tanks in the<br/>
group.<br/>
My defense gear includes things like ac rings/earrings, symbols of loyalty<br/>
to vox, etc, all as light as possible.  My offense gear is strength<br/>
rings/earrings, hero/erollisi bracers, etc.  Yes, it puts me over my weight<br/>
limit (the hero bracer is 4 weight all by itself), but it&#39;s not really a<br/>
concern if I&#39;m not getting hit.<br/>
<blockquote><span title="qreply"> ----- Original Message -----<br/>
From: David Frascone<br/>
To: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:eq-monks@egroups.com">eq-monks@egroups.com</a><br/>
Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2000 8:45 AM<br/>
Subject: [EQ-Monks] Crescent Armor<br/>
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Well, I&#39;ve been fighting in Dalnir&#39;s for a while now (about two weeks, off<br/>
and on), and yesterday, I stumbeled upon THREE pieces of Crescent:  Gi,<br/>
arms,<br/>
and slippers.<br/>
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The slipers are a no-brainer, since I had been wearing cured silk.  But, the<br/>
other two are a bit harder.<br/>
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I *was* wearing a Foreman&#39;s Tunic (10AC, +3 STR, +3 WIS), so I think the<br/>
+7 str of the Gi more than makes up for the 2 AC difference.  (The Gi is<br/>
AC8)<br/>
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But, I&#39;m wearing Auzure sleves.  I don&#39;t think that the stats of the arms<br/>
even<br/>
come close to the AC of the Azure.  Comments?<br/>
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So, for now, I carry around the arms to sell with (+2 CHA)<br/>
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I can&#39;t wait to get more of this stuff.  I&#39;m still wearing cured silk<br/>
sholders<br/>
and cape. </span></blockquote></div>