QUOTE(yuhhaur @ Sep 7 2013, 11:36 AM)
The re-joining of fellow monks surely would spice up the life of the community.
cowithgun,
waklu,
Gladfly,
Fe3doe time for us to do some writings on gearing for the returning players.
100k dps -
150k dps -
200k dps -
Thoughts?
Support!
I'll start with some stuff that pop into my head after seeing a few new/returning monks:
1. Find the best MP that suitable for your DPS/EHP and LS.
- Calculate XP/drops gain over time
- Take fun factor into consideration
- CuteCow 276k unbuff DPS, best in MP8 with Ruby and Hellfire... it's also most fun.
2. Slowly aim towards MP10, that is the goal. You'll need this baseline:
- 250k unbuff DPS... lower also ok, but may not be efficient
- 500k EHP (d3up.com) with dual Life steal
- 550k EHP with single >2.8 LS
- Lower also can, just may kite more and again, lost in term of efficiency
- To get 500k EHP, you may need around 5k armor, 500 resist all, 50k HP.
Gearing towards MP10!
1. Craft! You need a lot of DE! 1000!
- Craft Bracer. Easiest to get BIS. Aim to get 6cc, AR, Vit.
- Craft Shoulder. Second easiest. Aim to get high Vit with Life%, AR.
- Craft Gloves - Harder, but try to aim for Tri-fecta
- Craft Amulet - Second hardest - try to aim Tri-fecta
- I dont recommend crafting Chest, not easy to get 3 socket and lots of Vit. Moreover, you may need Inna Vast to go with Inna Helm for the bonus.
2. Helm - Best choice - Mempo with 6cc if gold no issue. Otherwise, Inna Radiance with high Dex, high Vit, resist, and 6cc.
3. Chest - Inna vast/ Tal Rasha for 8/9% IAS. 8% IAS Tal Rasha with high Vit is actually quite affordable.
4. Belt - The Witching Hour - high Dex, high crit dmg, vit, resist, if got Life%, even better. Lower end, get low Dex, but still with high crit dmg could give you about same DPS, but a lot cheaper.
5. Pant - Inna Temperance - Best pant in game. Aim for high Vit / dex. Otherwise, lower end can get in less than 1mil.
6. For DW, nothing beats Nat Ring + Nat Boot. Gives you 7% more CC.
- Nat boot, if $ no issue, get high Dex > 250 dex + vit. Lower end, forget the vit. it's a lot cheaper.
- Nat ring, best stat that gold can buy

Lower end, whatever that fit your budget.

8. Weapons - for cost conscious, get high Echoing Fury with Crit Dmg and socket. Sometimes, double dex also just as good.
- Otherwise, get both Dex, LS, socket, crit dmg.
- BOTH MUST HAVE SOCKET. At least one must have Life steal.
- Avoid getting defense stat in weapon... like vit. weapons deal damage... get highest dmg u can afford.
Best gear need a lot of gold... but I dont recommend spending a lot of gold right now, especially new iLvl gear will make yours obsolete.
My FastCow got 200k DPS and 600k EHP at around 150mil back then. Just for comparison purpose.
This post has been edited by cowithgun: Sep 7 2013, 04:58 PM