Its a must for a monk, i just wish it would take race into consideration also. I got +2 holy handwraps of puregood as an option, RR:warforged; I'm human
I don't leave class based checked for many of my toons. However, the monk is definitely one that I do.
sravana, kirtana, smarana, dasya, atma-nivedana
...NAMASTE...
The robes can be a problem. And getting 4 robes in a reward list isn't uncommon. The problem there is that it is simply not possible to get an uber robe since you'll quickly have all the possible combinations that you want and none of those are better than dt armor can be. So either they need to come up with some better prefixes/suffixes for armor in general, or they should downgrade the number of robes that you tend to get. I would suggest upping the drop rate for throwing stars or even pots and miscellaneous stuff instead of robes.
As for the handwraps/quarterstaffs/kamas, yes the vast majority of these will be ****. First off, you probably use just one of the 3 weapon types, and then there are a lot of garbage combinations you could get. But because you typically get 4 or so weapons per reward list, then over time you can guarantee some awesome combinations will drop. For example, i think i got +3 shock hw of weighted 4% the other day and those weren't anywhere near ml 20. So maybe one day I'll get a shocking burst of weighted 5%, IMO that's more than enough reason to keep monk rewards turned on.
Thelanis:
Annikka (Sorc), Dannikka (F), Jannikka (Rgr)
Tamikka (Bard), Famikka (Rgr)
Bellynda (Cl), Mellynda (M)