Monk lvl 44, 54 trait choice discussion?

[Eina]

<DIV>Well, I wonder what u guys think about these 2 set of spell traits, what u gonna choose?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Lvl 44, u will choose dragon advance M2 or Icy talon M2 or other 2 (forgot) ?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>How about 54th lvl ?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV>

[Winn]

<DIV>Well, if you want to be a DPS monk, take M2 Jolting Fists. Damage per second per recast is better than Icy Talon M2, and you can miss with Icy Talon. You can't "miss" with the 8 confirmed procs from Jolting Fists.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>If you're a tanker, by all means take Dragon Advance, the M2 version is equal to the Adept 3 version of the next tier, if previous history of Adept 3 / Master 2 are any gauge to judge by.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV>

[Dfoley3]

Im big into tanking and always have been.  I took dragon advance at 44, and im 20 % from 54 atm.   I currently trio lvl 59 (orange con) heroics with an inquis and a coercer.  Exp is nice and fights are challangeing but in the end a fully fabled monk rocks for tanking.   Lets just say with dragon advance, and taunts 2 times on inc i can afk with auto atk and not get peeled in a trio, with scouts i dont even need to do combat arts, just single taunt every so often. Since avoidance does jack [expletive ninja'd by Faarbot] still and the + mitigation on def stance can be totaly countered with face of the mountain, i tank in offens stance.  Its the difference in 56% avoidance 1600 mitg and 67% avoid 1745 mitigation.  But the difference in -18 crush to + 31 (span of 49 crush skill) is amazingly noticable for dps, agro etc. Yeah thats right i can TRIO orange con heroics with an enc + priest.  Anyone see the post about orange cons being mostly a lose lose situation? I did, but im gonna write it off to mez, velcoity, hallowed aura, and a fully fabled tank. Exp in this expansion is horrid, solo exp is the best route.  Soloing mobs 2-3 levels above me i avg 8-9% exp an hour.  In a full group hunting lvl 59s ( we are 53) we avg 10 kills per 1%.   Trioing i avg 4-5 kills per 1% at the same rate if we kill blues, and  3-4 kills for killing orange cons at roughly the same rate as blues.  Unless they implament a 100% exp bonus for a full group i dont see my self ever doing more then trio till im 60.  Some good combos for jolting fist:  JF + storming hydra (extra 80ish dmg too 5 mobs per encounter), nice lil extra agro JF + Flurry (mongoose, rapid punch etc) - self explanitory <div></div>

[Levi]

<P>I totally agree with you Dfoley, i'm no fabled just legendary but trio and and soloing is the way to go for xp other wise ur really just wasting ur time.</P> <P> </P> <P>I like Dragon Advance with wizards etc u hold like glue with no worries. I do have probs holding the group mobs but oh well trying a few things and i'm sure i'll get use to it soon enough.</P>

[stfields]

<P>I went with the Shocking Hand Master II and Dragon Advance Adept III.  The increase of Shocking Hand was much more (adept III to Master II) than Dragon Advance was.  </P> <P>And I agree with you guys entirely about doing small groups.  </P> <P>I was chainpulling level 58 Kromtors in Pillar of Flame the other day for about 4 hours... and got about 1.5 yellows.  But, I said to myself "Meh, I guess its just an experience grind and there's nothing you can do about it."  The next day, I solo for about 2 hours and got over 1.5 yellows.  When I duo, I get more exp than in big groups.</P> <P>Its rather depressing rather.  Now that we can tank level 59 mobs like champs... the experience from them is so lousy that its not worth the time.  </P>