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1  Monk Discussion / Monk General / Re: Any word QTM on planed/upcoming changes? on: January 09, 2008, 09:19:53 PM
When you guys mention Harm having a 6k dot.. You mean 6k per tick or 6k total dmg? just curious
2  Monk Discussion / Monk General / Re: Any word QTM on planed/upcoming changes? on: January 08, 2008, 05:16:55 PM
As far as errant strike qtm

When solo and trying to take out 2-3 mobs at once *usually 2 or 3 dots* i target myself and try to use errant strike to ae the lot of them.  But sometimes even when im the only one on their agro list i dont get the buff icon for errant strike, it might have something to do with "auto defensive target self" not triggering not 100% ill see about getting some parses in but 5 min reuse is a bugger to parse




as far as harmonious and dps, they now have a 6 k dot that in essence doesnt 2k more dmg then a dragons best dot.  Harmonious has never been far behind dragon and with the northwind line they were usually only a few hundered behind (2,5k vs 2.2k ) now that their dot went from 700 dmg to 6000 its a bit hard to compare.   the offensive stance isnt what makes harmonious great.,,,its the fact they can sit in their dps stance 100% of the time and be a viable option....the minus endurance cost (that now stacks with aum ti) added to the fact they have higher dmg skills and the full benifit of drunkens defensive stance makes them pretty much godly in comparison.

Lets put it this way...drunkens defensive stance is 9% dodge/parry....harmonious is 8% dodge/pary + endurance cost reduction and at 50 the -dmg is so minimal its not even realy a penalty in comparison.

ok, I understand all that which sounds good but when you say they can sit in their dps stance(offensive stance im assuming) and their a viable option.  Howso?  Their end cost goes through the roof and the crit rate is not even needed considering gear/lvl/buffs.  and I dont think you mean their defensive stance is their dps stance...

     I have yet to play a Harmonious Monk and do not know what their Northwind line is( could you please enlighten me on that one? ).   When you say they have higher dmg skills, what do you mean? Their regular straight forward attacks?  Or their chains/finishers? I was under the impression that Drunken had the strongest/most dmging chain/finishers no?
3  Monk Discussion / Monk General / Re: Any word QTM on planed/upcoming changes? on: January 08, 2008, 04:23:05 PM
So havent heard anything from you or any developers since a week before christmas, and i was wondering a few things.

1) When are they planing to reevaluate monk stances since currently they are all fubared (dragons offensive and drunkens defensive most notably)
2) Sun dragons corona,,, any word on when its going to be made into something useful? (personally i dont care what as long as its a dps tool and not an ae)
3) Are there plans to increase the non ae dmg of dragons or are we now planed to sit second seat to harmonious monks?
4) Are there any plans to make secret of transendence something like fire/ice where its perma on....if not can we atleast get the jin cost lowered.
5) Can we get the areas for reed in the wind changed to reflect the fact that they are gained at lower levels now
6) Dragons breath is still rediculously useless i know a dmg increase was planed any word on how much and when?  Its a  long timer on a skill that does very low dmg atm.
7)Drunken needs foolhardy swager fixed, i THINK the tank is resisting the hate gain portion atm not 100% but that might explain why they arent receiving the hate
Cool Drunken slap hands is currently doing dmg to the drunken monk and not the target.  In fact we take double dmg, once from the hit we are supposed to be blocking, and again for the counter attack that hits us.  Is this skill supposed to completly block attacks?  cause the block message on tanks means the hit does 0 dmg not still hits us.
9) Can errant strike be checked, i have a hard time getting it to fire off if im the defensive target (which was how i used to use it to gain ae agro control) or even changed to just make it so all attacks ae, regardless of who the defensive target is?

Thats all for now....
theres other things like storm stride being buged if the mobs backs on a wall, etc but those are more general bugs

Im still curious to find out how ppl consider Harmonious as the highest dps of the 3 masteries.
Personally, I think their stances are way too harsh to even be appealing.  The Tiger stance alone is pointless at higher lvls.  The crit rate of a higher monk is already high with the gear + buffs leaving the stance useless.  Crane is mediocre at best(my opinion).  Negative Endurance costs, Negative dmg.  It sorta evens its self out but just making you less dmging.

What makes them the "top" form? What am I missing here besides the debuffs?
4  Monk Discussion / Monk General / Re: Mastery Specific Abilities question on: January 05, 2008, 09:26:51 AM
So us chosing Drunken doesnt have any affect on the abilities that are labled Drunken Sad

That sucks. it would be a neat idea to do that. Increase the dmg or effect or whatever on the abilities that are labled the mastery you are.
5  Monk Discussion / Monk General / Mastery Specific Abilities question on: January 04, 2008, 07:49:49 PM

 Quick question all-

 Im a Drunken Monk which I love I might add.  I had a quick question in regards to the abilities that are labled as  "Drunken". Like Thousand fists for example.  Since I chose the Drunken mastery, do all my Drunken labled abilities do more dmg in comparison if im NOT drunken like Harm or Dragon?
6  Monk Discussion / Monk General / Re: Hamonious or Dragon For Shm Duo? on: December 31, 2007, 08:27:07 PM
What about the Stat distribution?  Im going 5str 5 dex 2 con 2 int. sound good/bad?

Also, Ive heard from some ppl that seem to favor Harmonious for more dps over Dragon(even though it probably shouldnt be that).  Hows their haste abilities that siphons speed from the mobs an such? Any idea?

I intend on doing one of the quests tonight just so itll help for now for killing.

Any other info you monk community could toss me would greatly be appreciated it
7  Monk Discussion / Monk General / Hamonious or Dragon For Shm Duo? on: December 31, 2007, 05:02:53 PM
 

  Hello everyone,

  Ive started up another Monk, but this time, with my friend whos coming back to play a Shaman.  My first monk was a Dragon monk.  This monk im going to be playing with him im considering going Harmonious since Ill be duoing with him a lot.  and I thought I'd change it up a little bit. 

Quick questions-

Since im going Qalian Human my intended stat distribution this time around plan on going

5str 5dex 2con 2int,  Any opinions on that setup?

How's Harmonious overall dmg now after GU3?
Pro's/Con's of Harmonious with a Shaman if any?  Shall I go Dragon instead?

Just wondering how the Harmonious monk and shaman would is in comparisson with a Dragon monk.

Any reccomendations or help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks all.
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