Monk System Troubleshooting and Brainstorm

[Drfirewater79]

Here’s a screenshot of my hotbar layout. Tell me where I can put the elemental debuffs, and void strikes where I can access then with a button on my keyboard. (You get one freebie as Touch of Death gets to occupy the spot where Fists of Light currently lives. You also can’t use B because that's where Fists of Iron currently lives.)



That’s right. I can place all my special attacks in convenient locations on my keyboard. Uncommon monk effects on Toolbar 1; slots 1-5.
Switch to Toolbar 2-5 when I want to spam a specific element
R,T,C,V dedicated to my most powerful elemental strikes.
F for Stunning Fist, G for Fists of Light/Touch of Death.

Also:
Q is off limits as that’s my target furthest button.
E is off limits as that toggles mouse view
Z is not only too difficult to reach in combat but is my PTT for vent
X is off limits as it is unwieldy as well and my XP page
Y is off limits as it is my DDO PTT

what i dont understand is why you have tier I and II strikes on your hot bar at all

dont they run on the same timer ?

look at the video of my setup .. its 90% gear

you only need earth wind and fire for dance

healing fist or TOD depending on dark or light monk

stunning fist (i like it bound to the 1 key cause i use it more then anything)

and finisher ... i keep quivering palm up as a click it ability same with unbalancing strike as they are situational and not worth spamming

if you make it more complicated then it has to be your prolly gonna drive yourself nuts .. .make it simple and you will find it much easier to do.

[QuantumFX]

what i dont understand is why you have tier I and II strikes on your hot bar at all

dont they run on the same timer ?

Nope. Each strike is on a separate timer. Now stuff like Eagle Claw, Unbalancing Strike and Fists of Iron do share timers with the tier I strikes. However, If I'm using them then my toolbar focus is on toolbar 1

look at the video of my setup .. its 90% gear

you only need earth wind and fire for dance

Wrong. When I fight a named Devil I want Toolbar focus on Toolbar 2 (Lightning as I wear a Sup Potency I item) for 1, 2, 3, 4, T

Water is a very important strike too. At end game if it isn’t invulnerable to fire then it’s taking purple numbers.

And even if you were right then I only have room for the highest void strike available. You still need to get me my elemental debuffs. (In Group: Hey Wizard - Would you like to do 1,000 points of damage to the Frost giant in your Wall of Fire or 1,100?)

healing fist or TOD depending on dark or light monk

stunning fist (i like it bound to the 1 key cause i use it more then anything)

Which is F and G on my keyboard because it’s easier to reach than 1.

and finisher ... i keep quivering palm up as a click it ability same with unbalancing strike as they are situational and not worth spamming.

Which is 3 and 4 and V in my layout. Also, on a Ninja Spy UB is worthwhile as you get sneak attack dice to play with.

if you make it more complicated then it has to be your prolly gonna drive yourself nuts .. .make it simple and you will find it much easier to do.

Who said it was hard? You seemed to completely miss my point that a good keyboard layout is easier with a Harmonious Balance monk than an Inevitable Dominion monk. Therefore, it’s more click intensive. If anything Turbine needs to focus on trimming back the special attacks.

[Schmackdown]

I have both light and dark monks at the cap, and use a gamepad with two footpedals(~23 buttons before modifiers). I can map anything I need, from elemental strikes to debuffs to equipment swaps to US to AS to EB to targeting, without using the keyboard or mouse, and using only two visible hotbars(the second for keeping track of cooldown timers). I'd prefer the class got more complex, adding more combos and chains for greater end effects, rather than dumbed down and homogenized with the rest of the combat classes. It's the most technical class in the most technical MMO out there, imo, and watering it down to cater to those that don't want to figure out the combat timing or optimize a button layout would be a mistake.

[Xeraphim]

Here's what a Light Monk bar scheme looks like. Yes I used Risia Rituals on every Greater Bane I could find.


I just won a couple pieces of Raid Loot and haven't fixed my bars but you get the idea.

[QuantumFX]

Here's what a Light Monk bar scheme looks like. Yes I used Risia Rituals on every Greater Bane I could find.

I just won a couple pieces of Raid Loot and haven't fixed my bars but you get the idea.

Mine is also a Light monk setup. And I can even adapt it to Shintao monk very easily. The layout works for me because I have access to all my attacks when I need them. (Yes, you can get through all 4 elemental strikes before the timer resets on the first strike.) It’s Inevitable Dominion that suffers from clickie creep. (FYI: That SS is from Sarlona about 2 months ago. My monk on Lamania is I.E. because I wanted to test Dance of the Water Strider.)