Monk Combart Art Upgrades

[thalia9]

<span class="postbody">Hi all,I am a lvl 17 Monk and was wondering if i should be buying upgrades for my combat arts at the trainer. The difference seems only 1 or 2 points so i don't know if it's really worth it. Also, When i reached i think level 14 or 15 it gave me a choice to select 1 ability out of 5 choices. One of them was an invis ability i believe. I didn't choose that one and i am wondering if i should have. I read a bit on the forums about this ability. Can anyone point me in the right direction as to what abilities a Monk should choose.Sorry for such a long question and the use of the word ability so much. I appreciate the help.-Harlowe</span>

[Fleaba]

A choice at lvl 15ish for invis/stealth? sounds to me like you had a racial tradition choice. You'll get a monk invis skill at lvl 24 so I wouldn't really get too concerned with a racial tradition that gives you that choice. Buying skill upgrades from the trainer is a waste of money IMHO. Browse the broker for cheap apprentice 4's or adept 1's if you have extra money to spend. Don't waste too much money on ubber upgrades though until you hit your 40's, the lvls go by really, really fast up to that point and start going slower after that. Do all the easy quests you can to get lots and lots of aa points and drop them into your str aa line so you can get your double attack maxed out. When it comes to master 2 choices, if you do any tanking at all, pick the taunts....otherwise I usually went with the buff choices. If you want to plan ahead before spending a lot of money on an upgrade that may possibly be the best master 2 choice....go to this site to see what you have coming up in your future for choices.<a href="http://eq2.allakhazam.com/db/guides.html?guide=961#fighter" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://eq2.allakhazam.com/db/guides...ide=961#fighter</a><a href="http://eq2.allakhazam.com/db/abilitylist.html?class=mnk" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://eq2.allakhazam.com/db/abilit....html?class=mnk</a>GL and have fun

[RoguePyro]

On the master2 choices, I would suggest looking at the thread stickied at the top of this forum. The Master2 and Skills stickied threads are both very good. The thread gives all of the choices percentages and damages from app1 to master2 so that you can make a comparison and gives their suggestions.

[thalia9]

Thank you both for the good advice. Yes, i do believe it was a racial tradition. As for the combat upgrades, thank you for that advice. I will search for the Apprentice iv and adept 1.Thanks again to both of you and good travels!