It took me 15 Monk Levels to Learn:

[ezgoezit]

Haha,

I have been thrown from the top of the Tempest Spine twice and I couldn't figure out why until the other day when I was running The Subteraine for the first time and was directed to "turn off" my feather fall. I asked "What are monks supposed to do? We have FF on all the time!" Someone stated, "Monks can turn off their FF."

I never knew that!

Live and learn I guess. We ran The Subterraine until I ransacked the chest (unfortunately I never pulled an Icy). I have to say, I learned more on those runs than I did in weeks of reading forums. It was a great group. There were no exceptionally stupid deaths or people that ruined it for anyone else.

Also, I know it is probably a given for all experienced monks and probably for everyone else with a lick of common sense, but that was the first time I had been in a group with another monk who, whenever it was time for buffs, would drop Aligning the Heavens. It was good to be in a group with a monk that knew what they were doing to see some of the things I was missing.

I am currious about 1 thing though. I still wear a FF item for my monk because there are some jumps that it seems I need a FF item to make because my monk FF isn't up to par with the item. At what point can I forgo the FF item and trust that my monk FF will be enough to "keep up with the team" when FF is needed?

Thanks,
Ez

[Irinis]

How do you turn it off? (Very new to monks.)

[Kaldahr]

Good story.

It looks like you've got another 3 slow falls coming up @ 16, 18, 20. I've heard (though can't substantiate) that by level 20, slow fall is the same as FF - so I'm curious to know the answer as well.

I've run one higher level PUG (Xorian Cipher - was great fun) in my 11 levels. But, thanks to a whole lot of classes that I'd never run with and people that knew that quest front and back, I learned a great deal about party tactics, etc (i.e. must move faster!).

I'm in desperate need of running with a higher level monk (and running with people outside my static little group) to see what I'm missing and things that I should be doing instead.

How do you turn it off? (Very new to monks.)

I just put the feat on a hotbar somewhere. You click it on and off as needed. Typically, I just leave it on as I've not seen a spot yet (not made it near as far as ez up there) where it should be off.

[Impatiens]

Good story.
It looks like you've got another 3 slow falls coming up @ 16, 18, 20. I've heard (though can't substantiate) that by level 20, slow fall is the same as FF - so I'm curious to know the answer as well.

Level 20 monk slowfall is indeed exactly the same as having a feather fall item on. Until 20 you will still want FF because with earlier monk slowfall you can't really steer yourself in the air like you can with FF.

Be aware if you try to turn your monk slowfall off while falling through the air it won't work. You need to do it before you jump.

[Kaervas]

How do you turn it off? (Very new to monks.)

Open your Feats list and drag the button onto your action bar. You can then toggle it like any other modal ability.

[rest]

You know for some reason it isn't turning off for me. Very weird.

[AMDarkwolf]

was a bug a while back that on or off, it was still always 'on' (Except that when it was off, you would take falling damage even though u slowfalled)

[Montrose]

Reminds me of when I took "Subtle Backstabber" on my rogue and had no idea I had to turn it on. I went for a few months thinking I was generating less aggro and wondering why it didn't seem to make a difference.

So, yeah, I was an idiot.

[Myxalplyx]

Reminds me of when I took "Subtle Backstabber" on my rogue and had no idea I had to turn it on. I went for a few months thinking I was generating less aggro and wondering why it didn't seem to make a difference.

So, yeah, I was an idiot.

Took me a while to learn about the monk slow fall too.

And Montrose! Thanks for your post. I didn't know 'Subtle Backstabber' was toggle-able. I have a lvl 17 rogue I just made up and thought it was always working. *sigh* And to think I have played this game since it started. **Back into lurk mode**