PrEs

[Aerendil]

Well, as per the beta loot thread (http://forums.ddo.com/showthread.php?t=185777), DDO:EU high end dungeons/raids will have some class/PrE-focused loot sets, including:

One for the Shintao Monk : http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s...hintaoCord.jpg

one for the Henshin Mystic : http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s...isNecklace.jpg

and one for the Ninja Spy : http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s...osNecklace.jpg

Not sure if a dev has officially announced the PrEs - up until now it's been mostly speculation, hasn't it? But this looks to be a little more official. It also looks as though the Shintao Monk will be the "Kensai" of the monk class with pure damage output (set bonus is an exceptional bonus to hit and damage, like the Kensai set) and may focus on the "cleansing" abilities of the Monk; the Henshin Mystic set offers additional fire damage per hit so perhaps they focus on the elemental properties (i.e. Riddle of ___ abilities?); and the Ninja Spy will offer sneak attacks (could make for some disgusting little halfling Monk/Spys), so they'll probably focus on hide/sneak/tumble skills as well.

Looks cool, and I like that they're flushing out the different Monk builds / paths a little more. Ninja Spy in particular really appeals to me. That could be quite cool.

Any thoughts?

*edit* - keep in mind this is still mostly speculation and the set bonuses may not correctly reflect the PrE. Warchanter, if that's any indication, offers bonuses to Maximize, haha

[VKhaun]

Ninja Spy. Interesting.

monk/rogue is going to get very, very popular methinks.

[drsmooth]

18/2 halfling mnk/rog with full SA enhancements and Ninja Pre should be fun.

[Greydeath]

18/2 halfling mnk/rog with full SA enhancements and Ninja Pre should be fun.

Hard call - not sure it is worth the loss of DR...

[drsmooth]

Sure you miss out DR 10/epic, but you could have full rogue skills, more SA damage, rogue haste boost 1. If you are worried about the DR for grazing hits, monks already take less damage from those plus you shouldn't be getting hit in the first place.