Wanna help out your party? Then be smart when you fight. Realize when the
fight is turning against you and don't hang around until your party members
start dying. In my groups, and granted I am only lvl 22 and don't have
immediate access to Res or anything along those lines, it is standard
practice to, when the fight is going badly for everyone, they back off, I
get the critter(s) attention so they turn on me, and they take off. Now it's
time to feign. This has only not worked 1 time (Party lived, I died). Each
other time, the party has escaped, our druid has come back to SoW me, or Wiz
come back to invis me, I pop up and head for the escape route.
Personally, I love my monk. I have played nearly every other class, and none
of them give me the enjoyment of my monk. If you believe that we are a
selfish class, then (and no problem with it btw <g>) that is the way you rp
him. Praelor is anything but selfish. I would rather take the death than
have our Paladin with 1000's of plat worth of armor and weapons take it.
I don't care much about damage potential or tanking ability (gawd I do hate
that word tho... Wish people would realize we are NOT tanks. We are the guys
in that little pill box with the machine gun. Tuff to hit, but when we do
get hit, it usually hurts.). I know that a Ranger 2 lvls higher than me cant
pull a critter off me unless he casts.
The monk is as effective or as useless as you want him to be. And there is
more than just the constant drone of fighting to EQ. I think that if that is
all you are concerned about, gaining levels, then the grass will always be
greener in someone else's yard no matter what class you play.
Praelor Dileasai
btw... I am just stating my opinions here... it is not my intention to flame
anyone or start a heated debate. I wish you all the best of luck with your
monks or whatever class you choose to play =)
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Capps, Lee (EDS) [SMTP:lcapps@...]
> Sent: Thursday, July 29, 1999 6:21 PM
> To: 'EQ-Monks@onelist.com'
> Subject: RE: [EQ-Monks] Monk Armor and the short end of the stick
>
> From: "Capps, Lee (EDS)" <lcapps@...>
>
> yes... but we are a very selfish class...
> another words... what do we do when everyone in the party is dying..
> heal them?... no.
> taunt?... no
> wonder if feign death is gonna save our ass?... yes
> to me that kinda sucks...
> i like being able to help out in bad situations...
> yes.. it would be nice to have taunt...
> or maybe a death touch that does alot of dmg to get the mobs attention
> (could recycle once an hour or so.)
> or how about being able to use our mend on someone besides yourself...
> very
> minor but better than nothing.
> i like to help ppl out.. especially my party.
> i loan out money.. and give away items all the time...
> and i'm thankfull i can @least do that.
> but sure would be nice to be able to save lives.
> almost every class with the exception of us and rogues can do something.
>
> ranger, sk, warrior can taunt
> druid, wizzard can evac
> necro, enchanter can mez
> cleric can heal and res
> i'm pretty sure mage pets can taunt or @they could blast a mob to get em
> off
> an evacer or cleric.
> hopefully one day rogues will be able to detect traps.
>
> if i left out a class i just couldn't think of it.
> ohh yeah... we got instill doubt... ohh boy.. but all i've heard is that
> it
> sucks.
> from both rogues and bards.
> it hardly ever works and when it does it just causes trains.('
> and how the hell am i gonna fit it on my quick keys?
>
> i guess my whole point is i want a party to feel like i can help them out
> when things get bad.
> if you don't care about that then thats fine...
> but i don't think roleplaying is gonna make u feel any better when your
> whole party is dead and your lying on the floor feeling like crap because
> u
> couldn't taunt the mob off of your evacer or off your cleric.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Clint Mitchell [mailto:mitche@...]
> Sent: Thursday, July 29, 1999 4:34 PM
> To: EQ-Monks@onelist.com
> Subject: Re: [EQ-Monks] Monk Armor and the short end of the stick
>
>
> From: Clint Mitchell <mitche@...>
>
> > but if u think your gonna be able to start the best class in the game
> now
> > and it be the best class by the time u hit 50... think again.
>
> That's the thing. In EQ, there's not supposed to be a BEST class. Each
> and
> every class will have its ups and downs, and, in the end, we all need each
> other. Sure, there might be imbalances at times, but I don't think you're
> going
> to find a lot of groups refusing you just because you're a monk. If they
> do,
> you probably didn't want to group with them anyway.
>
> Personally, I love playing a monk. Not because we're the BEST class in
> the
> game
> or do more melee damage than anyone else, but because the monk class is
> one
> of
> the most unique classes in the game. Who else dishes out as much damage
> as
> we
> do with their bare hands? Who else has as much AC as we do while wearing
> plain
> looking clothes? (Yes, I _like_ looking ordinary.) Who else has a cool
> flying
> kick? Who else (besides rogues) can jump from Kelethin and survive? For
> me,
> playing a monk is enjoyable not because I'm the best figher in the game,
> but
>
> because monks are unique and fun to roleplay.
>
> But then, that's just my opinion. Go forth, and form your own.
>
> Faeaani
> Level 22
> Innoruuk
>
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