preparing for monkdom... what do I fight with at level 10-19... fists?

[JackBurtonBTLC]

<DIV>reparing for monkdom... what do I fight with at level 10-19... fists?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>so...do I keep using sword and shield... or should I go bare hands at level 10</DIV> <DIV>and start fighting in this style? any monks out there give advice to this?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV>

[SGTChan]

<DIV>This has been answered many, many, many, many times.... but...</DIV> <DIV>Fists hit harder but much slower than dual weilding.  I was using fists until i bought some nice dual weild weapons, now i hit much faster overall and do more DPS than with just fists.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Chan</DIV>

[JackBurtonBTLC]

My question may have been answered many many times but this was my first time to the forums, and I did look around, and didn't see anything that matched the information I was looking for. I even looked for a monk FAQ, which this question would be perfect for and didn't find one. Ideally a monk FAQ should be sticky and locked to the top of this forum, for newbies to find. Anyway.. your answer was still a bit unclear to me, so are you saying, fight was fists 50% of the time, and then duel wield with swords? clubs? sticks? thanks for the patience and seeing things from my shoes.

[tkemo]

<DIV>Until you hit level 20 I dont think it really matters what you use.  Thank goodness crushing is crushing, plus when you level your minimum skills get bumped automatically to some extent.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Once you hit level 20 a great number of weapons will become off limits to you including anything that is slashing if  I remember correctly.  All of our weapons are crushing fist, wraps, bos, batons, cudgels, clubs, etc. So i would stick with that category.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>In regards to damage, there have been many many debates over which to use.  I personally think they are all very close, but the Bo that I got for doing my Hallmark to Monk is what I prefer now.  I looked into getting upgraded versions of my Wrapped weapons, but they were not that great of a replacment in regards to the merchant variations.  However if you can find a nice craftsman that can make you Prisitine Ash [insert weapon] they have decent stats, that doubled up might make this option more viable.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Someone in another thread brought up something I thought was interesting, they said they took less riposte damage with a two handed weapon because you don't actually hit the target as often.  I thought hey that makes sense so i started trying to pay attention to that concept, but there was one problem, at my level doesn't seem like much ripostes.  Once we get a little higher, if I am not tanking I would just stand behind any mobs that are showing a high level of riposte skills which should keep me from experiencing that.</DIV>

[JackBurtonBTLC]

Thanks for the reply, this helps, will check it out tonight <img src="/smilies/283a16da79f3aa23fe1025c96295f04f.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> hopefully I'll do much better than when I tried fighting a green with bare hands.