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monk gear donation plzzzzzzz!!!!!!!!

5k amor, 500 resist (all), 18k dps, 34khp ... i manage to tahan abit bit on normal mobs.. but not elites... =/

ugpm!

You Into the Group Thing?
We’re removing the bonus monster damage per additional player in a coop game. Our design goal is for players who prefer to play solo to be able to play solo, and players who prefer to play in groups to be able to play in a group. We feel the bonus monster damage per additional player is one of the biggest inhibitors to wanting to play with your friends. In a perfect world, single player and co-op would be absolutely equal, but that’s not attainable when you consider item properties such as “Life on Kill” or skills such as Archon which simply scale better when you are solo. Since the variety and breadth of game mechanics essentially dictate that solo vs. group play will never be 100% equal, our goal is to make them as close as possible but err on the side of coop in cases where we need to make adjustments. The inherent logistical requirements when forming up with other players and attempting to work together effectively warrants some added benefits.

Inferno balance right now has a difficulty gap in which Act I feels about right, but Act II feels like trying to bust through a brick wall. In patch 1.0.3 we’re going to be lowering that wall by adjusting the damage and health of monsters in Inferno Act II, III and IV. We feel like Act I Inferno is in a pretty good place. Our design goal with Acts II, III and IV is to keep them challenging, but smooth the difficulty ramp out a bit. If a monk or barbarian is geared well enough that they can use a heavily offensive build and murder everything in Act I, they should be able to swap to a more defensive build and do okay in Act II. As they gear up they can begin adjusting back to becoming offensive in Act II, at which point they can jump into Act III with a focus on defense, and so on. Difficulty certainly ties into itemization, encounter and enemy tuning, and class balance, and all of these things together are going to paint a more reasonable difficulty curve as you hit Inferno in 1.0.3.

seriously guys, monks got plenty of dmg reduction skill. even my monk wearing dumb gears can solo pretty well in act I inferno

so?

forgot to quote posts i read previously about act I inferno survival of monks XD

seriously guys, monks got plenty of dmg reduction skill. even my monk wearing dumb gears can solo pretty well in act I inferno

go to act ii then come back and tell us whether you would like to change your statement on inferno survivability.

in any case patch 1.03 they're reducing act ii incoming damage ... time to do a monk dance