Kung-Fooiness

[Ayedin]

<p>Hey, new player here.</p><p>I started a froglok monk with the intention of betraying to become a bruiser. Mostly because I'd heard that bruisers were better for soloing.</p><p>I plan to mostly solo. I'm especially attracted to the brawlers' ability to delve deeper into dungeons and solo boss mobs that I've read about. I also enjoy taking on multiple mobs at once. (I love the cobra strike!)</p><p>At level 14 I finished my Neriak citizenship and became a bruiser. I didn't expect how much the froglok martial arts animations of the monk would add to my enjoyment, and I was disappointed when I took on the more street-thug bruiser style animations.</p><p>So my question is, do bruisers get more kung-fooey animations later on? And if not, are they _so_ much better than monks (particular at solo dungeon-diving) that I should just get used to the thuggish animations? Or can I return to my monkly ways and still enjoy the playstyle I'm hoping for?</p><p>Thanks!</p>

[Mosha D'Khan]

<p>Well the kong-funess style you are looking for might just be the weapons you are using. i know as a bruiser myself i love it more than my monk (ended deleting the monk). i know that when i used batons/quarterstaffs it was more of them hitting the mob and less kicks. in the past when the AA double attack buff required no weapons i was more punches and kicks. so i could be just the weapons you are useing. if you want more of the punches and kicks i would recommend buying some low lvl fist raps from the broker and see if that is what you are looking for (for apperance of course).</p><p>it also might just be your lvl. at 14 you dont have your "one hundred hands" combat art that is a sortal kung-fu combo attack. i dont realy know i did not ever really notice the different attack looks.</p>

[Mosha D'Khan]

<p>Well the kong-funess style you are looking for might just be the weapons you are using. i know as a bruiser myself i love it more than my monk (ended deleting the monk). i know that when i used batons/quarterstaffs it was more of them hitting the mob and less kicks. in the past when the AA double attack buff required no weapons i was more punches and kicks. so i could be just the weapons you are useing. if you want more of the punches and kicks i would recommend buying some low lvl fist raps from the broker and see if that is what you are looking for (for apperance of course).</p><p>it also might just be your lvl. at 14 you dont have your "one hundred hands" combat art that is a sortal kung-fu combo attack. i dont realy know i did not ever really notice the different attack looks.</p>

[Quicksilver74]

<p>Try getting a Bo Staff.  that'll give you a bit of a snazzy animation. </p><p>  Generally though, the bruiser takes up more of a boxer style animation, where the monk is more of a "Kung Fooey" stance. </p>

[Lethe5683]

<p><cite>Crabbok@The Bazaar wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Try getting a Bo Staff.  that'll give you a bit of a snazzy animation. </p><p>  Generally though, the bruiser takes up more of a boxer style animation, where the monk is more of a "Kung Fooey" stance. </p></blockquote><p><span style="color: #00ccff;">And if you want to dual wield you can use a quarterstaff in your main hand appearance and handwraps in your secondary hand appearance to get the same animation as with a bo staff.</span></p>

[Ayedin]

<p>Thanks all, I'm up to level 20, and I think the bruiser animations are going to do me just fine. <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> Getting kick upgraded to flying kick gave me a second jumping spin kick that I lost when cobra strike changed to the bruiser AE. The punches are pretty street-brawlerish, but maybe a burly frog will be as fun as a kung-fooey frog.</p><p>I tried fighting with batons, and that was pretty fun too.</p><p>Feign death is crazy!</p>