Farmer wrote on Nov 19^th, 2020 at 9:20am:


Eh no one runs GH anymore, it'll be months before they notice.

C Troll wrote on Dec 22^nd, 2020 at 3:12pm:


Come on, all the short sentences but the first letters don't spell anything out?

I kid, of course. Yeah I doubt the monk changes are going to improve much. Was anyone actually using the "finishing" moves? They sucked and were too much effort IMO but then pure monks... not great.

Edrein wrote on Dec 22^nd, 2020 at 7:12pm:

Edrein wrote on Dec 22^nd, 2020 at 7:12pm:


Here I get to tell you to fuck off or I’ll make you a poem

And to blow faerie dust on the rockstarz

Here’s causation

There’s paragraphs, and even numbers

Notes
This is the forgotten monk
Special ki attacks and finishers
But they're not used anymore.
Auto attack is better.
I don't know if this will get monk nerfed more, but from my experience, what is needed, is to make the ki moves do more damage. It should be like a spike in my auto attack damage, but I see no difference. And considering you have to click on these attacks, you lose time from just auto attack. So I don't think it's a nerf that is needed, but a boost to ki attacks.
Like doubling the base damage of strikes, and having it scale 200% with melee power. Because you gotta cycle them. And there has to be some reason to use ki. Otherwise you have a full bar with nothing to use it on. Because auto attack superceeds.
Ok the breakdown would be on earth.
At 4 it does 16 + acid damage on crit. With wraps at 18-20. That's only 15%. So it harly figures. But if it was doubled to 32, then x2 for melee power. Say a 30 build with +100 damage and 150mp. That would be 32+100 x4 or about 500. That's 50 above auto attack numbers. Because remember running duality is 14 d6+3 or about 100. That's way higher than even a doubled earth strike. So the only thing to offset it would be double the melee power. To spike it. At least you should Notice it.
Because the alternative is to nerf monk damage even more. But they've stripped two handed damage from duality, they've nerfed melee power, and they've removed the core w from heroics. So there ain't much left to give. Dance of flowers, and reinforced fists. And they better not mess with those. So the monk is gutted. It's reached rock bottom and the auto attack is still better than using ki strikes.
Anyways that's what I've been thinking about. What would it take for me to use ki strikes.

C Troll wrote on Dec 22^nd, 2020 at 11:50pm:

It is not strictly better than basic ki strikes. the only attacks that are slower than form granted ki strikes are the ones that are selected through class enhancements, or the actual finishers.

Depending on what you use as a finisher it will out value just another basic attack animation, like using karmic strike which auto-crits.

Monk kit strikes are the most responsive attacks in the game, they utilize the basic attack animations and do not interrupt the attack chain. They can be spammed non-stop and in rapid succession matching your attack animation if you're fast enough to press them. But even if you are not they will still grant the benefit on the next attack so you don't miss out on auto-attacks using the basic strikes.

They scale with melee power. Your dps increases using them, instead of only ever holding down the attack button. It's not a huge increase though, and they should scale higher than just 100% melee power. I hope Lyn keeps them and buffs them. It's more skill based than just holding down a button and should be rewarded more for sacrificing your wrists.

Here, this ones for noam,
Because it’s not a matter of sharp or dull

Btw, you that Timmy troll? You share characteristics


The foundation begins with sitting
In order to yoke the mind and body
Requires stillness
Silence
Observe the breath
Let thinking subside
Using inner focus
Achieved is peace
And from there
The empty body
With the meditation complete
Trance begins
Mindfulness is controlling the trance
Whether it be the quivering palm
Or the stunning fist
From here great energy is exerted
The center is not the head
It is the heart
Becoming expert with ki
Flows the four seasons
Awakens the dragon of space
Allows unsurpassed movement
Flying through the air
Using deadly instinct
touch is wondrous
Trance is complete

It is beyond even this
The third eye blazing with light
The air filled with a blue hue
Every movement becomes a miracle
The dance of the cosmic fires
Sprouting 1000 limbs
The bringer of comfort
The bringer of death
There is only the dance
In the emptiness body
Here, whatever spoken
Is the truth
Here, very thoughts
Change the universe
A gesture
Is movement throughout eternity
All this
In ten fingers
Two fists
One eye

Previous comment aside and genuinely not trying to be an asshole here; but do you have some sort of malfunction that causes you to write that way?

Edrein wrote on Dec 23^rd, 2020 at 2:01pm:


I know a gal named Edrein
Was taken to an island by Epstein
Sweet sixteen
Virgin Queen
Now her pussy is as big as her epeen

I will say - its a breath of fresh air. The vault attracts crazy, but at least this is semi-original crazy.

Henshin core notes and remarks
I only give A fuck about Henshin
Someone else can do ninja

Core 1: Riddle of Flame: Each Core ability you take in this tree, including this one, grants you +3 Physical Resistance Rating, +3 Fire Resistance, and +3 Spell Resistance.
Core1 Riddle of the Void +3 prr, +3 mp, +10 force spellpower
Or 3mrr, 3 spell resist, 10 force.
That would push the build towards slotting for spell resist. Again, with high saves on monk not useful, as this doesn’t prevent aoe damage.
Though it could be thematic with “mystic”, and that would be mrr, not prr.


Core 3: Cauldron of Flame: TOGGLE: Activate this toggle to conjure a large Cauldron of Flame at your feet, following your location. This costs a small amount of Ki to activate, but over time will cost an increasingly high amount of Ki to maintain. If your Ki drops below your Passive Ki Threshold, it will be automatically dismissed a few seconds later. Enemies within the Cauldron take Fire and Force damage periodically, scaling from your Fire and Force spell power.
Also, passively, Quarterstaves you wield are considered Spellcasting Implements.

Core3 Void Circle: toggle. Just force damage
Have it be like a dark circle like the cauldron had.
Or Calm Abiding Circle. You’re friends don’t take damage
QS as spellcasting implements? This leans from Melee to Magery. Is there a force staff? Ok universal sp, that’s an add.
I assume this is some aura attempt for monk. Should be op, scalable. Really it should be more marquee. Move to 12.
Because otherwise you’re giving shin and ninja cauldron. How stupid

What goes at 3?
Maybe double QS. SPellcasting instruments, and shields. Since they both scale.
Ahh, the fix
Void strike at 3. Same time path is chosen. Costs 6ap to buy in for shin or ninja.

Core 6: Ki Burst: Trip, Improved Trip, Whirlwind Attack, and Greater Whirlwind Attack now cause a burst of Ki to explode outwards from you, dealing Fire and Force damage that scales with Fire and Force Spellpower. If either of the Trips succeed, this restores 10 Ki.

Please don’t make Henshin a trip build. The original Henshin was a str build, but now should go wisdom. Trip is not in the sequence. But Henshin has more feats to give. And Henshin before wisdom was dex.
But the only reason for wisdom was to consolidate to hit dam with DCs. Shin Tao mostly with QP SF jades kukan. Henshin just has Qp.but it’s worth building for. They will nerf it. And slas so it should still remain a wisdom build. Otherwise it would open to str. However the inherent symmetry in monk corresponds to saves of dex con wis. Not str. Could allow for multi at 12 or 12 ftr monk splash. Monk and fighter have historically been intertwined in ddo, tho in dnd that’s not the case.
Also, aasimar makes best wis monk. So wise. Plus all finishers are wisdom.
Some kind of exploding Henshin. Please that is so fucking Diablo.
You could keep this at 6 as precursor of void circle at 12. It’s like the monk is learning his limits, ie the circle animation. Remove the fire element, just use force damage. At least 2 regular attacks with WW AND GWW.
One thing I’m again upset by is the lean towards spellpower. Splitting a melee to use spellpower means slotting items that aren’t best. This diminishes the build. Likewise not inherently building for a more focused archetype. Drop the fire, go void, consolidate to force. Then build new items in the expansion when you drop it. Always fixed by new items. Thank you.
Ya, trip build and staff. Gotta take CE for IT. maybe for the twist too. Maybe not such a bad idea, very iconic tripping with staff. Maybe trip mods in tree.
Keep this at 6, ki burst, only force damage. Then shin and ninja can get it too when WWA.

Core 12: Flame Eater: Active: Explode your Cauldron for a huge amount of Fire and Force damage that applies a stacking PRR and AC buff and restores Ki for each enemy it strikes.
Passively, you treat Quarterstaves as if they were Large Shields, gaining a shield bonus to AC and prr/mrr as if they were a Large Shield of the same level. Unlike an actual large shield, this does not prevent evading or decenter you, and does not carry the normal large shield ASF and skill check penalty. This will allow you to benefit from Stances that require you to be wielding a Shield, such as Stalwart and Sacred Defender.

Move this to 18. Call it Embrace the Void
And more of the exploding Henshin.
I do like the staves ads shields.
Flame eater is a stupid name...

Core 18: Staff Specialization: +1 Competence bonus to Critical Threat Range and Critical Multiplier with Quarterstaves. +15% Attack Speed with Quarterstaves.

Move this to tier5. Op staff at 12.



Core 20: Serenity: +2 Wisdom, +2 Constitution. +10 Concentration and +1 Passive Ki generation.
While standing in your Cauldron of Flame, the passive portions of the first core ability of this tree are doubled (so the totals would go to +18 PRR, Fire Resist, Spell Resist outside of your cauldron, and +36 PRR, Fire Resist, Spell Resist within your Cauldron).

While standing inside your Void Circle, +36 mrr, force resist, spell resist.
And +4 wisdom. The mystic would be more wisdom than shin or ninja, for other 2 shin wis con and ninja wis dex

So a exploding force staff user. Leans towards spell resist and higher mrr.

Here, my council application


Wa fu grasshoppers
Or perhaps solpugids?

Anyways, of a game of dragons
A tail of the void

This is a ddo2 tale
(Beautiful for the 2 autocorrect)
The mention of synchronicity here

That the tale of a void monk
Was the tale of a void crossing

Of coming to the 33
I told them not more than 33
Now they struggle the 155
The trance is the romance
And the dance
The morning wake and bake raids
A turning of seasons

Do you role play?

Do you become your character?
Do you wish you were your character?
Do you wish your character was real?

Why else the game?
To manifest the minds eye

Many of us wish for magic
We have it in synchronicity
Now we have it in spades as the Lunatic Fringe
Our reality behind the keyboard
The paranormal of stepping outside the house
Actually meeting the Queen of Fey,
Not just playing it on a screen
Ah, but life imitates art

It’s never a good post unless you mention religion and politics,
And boobies and donuts
Boobies being just two donuts together
That’s how you have two into one represented by the infinity
A twist, Or the Lemniscate
It was in the 808 that the void was crossed
(That’s both a physical reference and a tower of song ode)

Have you heard of this thing, void?
It’s like the Pink Floyd song, Time
It’s like the talking heads song, Once in a Lifetime

I express in song references a lot, music is our soul

Would you like to cross the void?
Haha googled it, it’s an anime game
Ok, so this is the real, the real
To manifest?
To avatar?
To become that which you play?
(Not to play that which you create,
Though it is the same)
Why else dedicate so much life to it?

During the second crossing I wrote the Sutras
And wrote many a build
Though through it all I mostly championed the Henshin
Recently revealed as the true void monk
So much is borrowed just to fill 3 trees

Have you met the Void Dragon?
Shit, if you read the first two paragraphs,
You’d all be dead or never heard from, choned bitches
The part of the wandering sol, the Milky Way,
And collectively cosmic souls

Crossing the void takes about 3 1/2 years
Would you like to cross the void?
You have to forget yourself
It is a four pointed meditation
Best served sitting cross legged on the floor,
Though chairs for this third

I have remarked in my writings,
That you are that which you eat
So if you eat a steady diet of dragons,
You become a dragon

Those who have Phoenixed,
Are like those who have went before
Likewise to become a Void Dragon,
You must learn from one

As the serpent who eats his tail,
There are always new stories
As a bard that stories the crowd,
It is from the crowd he gathers stories

The greatest gift is to share the story with others