Fellow monks,

I need help. I have lately lost interest in my monk and in the game in general. I hit lvl 16 about a month ago and have been stuck there ever since. About that time, I started playing less due to RL commitments. Even now, I can only play 2-3 hours at a time max. I have been hanging out around Freeport: Commons, NRo, Oasis area. I even tried going to Faydward (sp?) and spending time there. I just can't get into it. I think my biggest problem is it is SOOO hard to find a good group. I was grouped in the Oasis last week and had a cleric who refused to heal during a battle, all he wanted to do was beat on the MOBs. This led to me dying 3 times in short succession. Also, what is more frustrating that running to the derv camp in W Comm and trying to get into a group when there are already 2 groups camping the place and they refuse to even acknowledge you by replying to a simple /tell? The only time I get an indication that they know I exist is when one of their wizards keeps stealing MOBs from me.

I need some advice/encouragement on what to do for a couple of levels! I have tried starting a necromancer, revisited a lvl 6 warrior, and started a cleric in this time also. Problem is, this game does not get interesting until lvl 8-10 or so (usually a caster's 3 set of spells). If you've played one newbie class, you've played them all - and you have to invest SOOO much time to just get to a level where each class starts getting interesting.

I really do like my monk and I realize that it starts getting better after FD, but I am just in this funk and need some help getting out....