Thread: Monk 3.0 CHAKRA UNLEASHED

Originally Posted by Odowla

IT works for summoner, so I wouldn't be surprised if they were in favor of other classes. Mainstat is insane right now - 20 DEX on my machinist is +50 damage on splitshots..

Yes, but Weapon damage is really high now too. Around 10.6 for DRG, and MNK should have pretty similar. That's more than 20 Weighted STR just from that, which is hard to catch up to with our secondary stats being so low...

You can do the math yourself using the stat weights for DRG as a base, then increase/decrease however you want within reason, and you'll find that it's not possible. EDIT: didn't mean to come off as hostile if it sounded like that, just meant that once you start doing the math yourself, you will quickly see how much the weapon wins by in every scenario

The weapon damage + STR on the weapon, gives you around 29 STR right off the bat.

I've also tried to do some calculations on what to get with Esoteric tomes, and it's hard because we don't have the exact stat weights yet, but I've been looking specifically at the coming 3 weeks of Eso. In other words, I'm including 2 weeks after getting the weapon, cause then we can get Chest/Legs into the mix too.

From my math and predictions regarding weights, it's pretty close between buying Belt + Bracelet(1 week after weapon), then follow that up with Ring... Or you get Legs + Ring(2 weeks after weapon). EDIT: well, you get the ring 1 week after weapon.

Both routes take the same amount of time, but the first one costs 75 less Eso. You run into the problem of maybe getting a 210 Savage bracelet though, and in that case it would've been better to go with the other route...

Unless someone can come up with something better, I'm going with the Legs + ring route, but I hope someone does try to come up with a better route, cause I want to know the best way forward

Originally Posted by RyuDragnier

I've seen a lot of tanks who are bad enough to where I steal aggro constantly in dungeons, or the tank dies and I end up having to serve as backup tank long enough for the tank to get rezzed. Foresight is for those moments. Plus I actually forget to use it when I actually have Mercy Stroke on.


I haven't started doing Savage mode yet, the FC leader's subscription is currently up and he doesn't get paid until later this week. I'll probably start using it then...but that's only if people are good, otherwise we'll never get that low. Such as those 2 weeks of trying to clear Bismarck EX, where the only time I ever saw under 20% was the one attempt where we cleared it.

Originally Posted by dragonflie

As someone on Sav A1, I'd like to add that Foresight lowers the dmg of Prey on me from around 3.4k to about 2.3k a hit (it hits 6 times). I've tried keen flurry also, and noticed that it never parried once, even with 40%. It's possible the move is not affected by parry. I've yet to put much use to bloodbath (how much does it heal usually for you guys?)

Sorry for necrophilia.

@ Ryu I would not advise sacrificing a good cross class just because others are bad. Don't make bad people make you bad either. Mercy Stroke has a lot of uses in normal dungeons and it's not like it's going to cost your life tanking a few mobs if the tank is a herp derp. In the case of normal dungeon bosses, just throttle when the tank is bad at emnity generation or gently remind him to use his 1 2 3 combi all the time (whichever the class he is). He has one job that is to tank, you have one job that is to dps, don't try to do both. Same application for raids. If your tank is going to die, say in A1 Savage, that foresight is not ever going to save your party from wiping. Just like final coil gave us I'm too good, you just need to Get Gud Faust (Get Good First).

@ dragonflie A1S has a strict DPS check pre 3rd week (where every tom dick and harry DPS should get their weapons, i see that Ryu already got his chest first this week, and using law weapon ). Prey is entirely healable by your healers and it's the only damage your raid is taking at that moment. I don't see how that foresight is going to help with your progression. And it's a 25% chance it's going to cast prey on you. Foresight has 0 use if prey fails to target you by the end of the fight. I rather have the extra potency to avoid that nasty 1% enrage.

Originally Posted by Spartan117

@ dragonflie A1S has a strict DPS check pre 3rd week (where every tom dick and harry DPS should get their weapons, i see that Ryu already got his chest first this week, and using law weapon ). Prey is entirely healable by your healers and it's the only damage your raid is taking at that moment. I don't see how that foresight is going to help with your progression. And it's a 25% chance it's going to cast prey on you. Foresight has 0 use if prey fails to target you by the end of the fight. I rather have the extra potency to avoid that nasty 1% enrage.

I made a later post that you might have missed where I confirmed that Foresight did not work, and I went for Bloodbath.

Originally Posted by dragonflie

I made a later post that you might have missed where I confirmed that Foresight did not work, and I went for Bloodbath.

I also want to state that Keen Flurry does work, but it has to be activated like 1-2 seconds before the animation goes away. It's a really short window and you need to be quick with hitting it. It definitely helps out with heals a lot. With Keen Flurry+Mantra+Second wind+Blood Bath you can actually completely eliminate the need for a heal until gunnery pods.