Bracer question

[Ecoski]

So, I've got a wf monk, he wears heal amp dragon touched armor, has all the heal amp enhancements, and up until this point used the jidz for an extra 25% heal amp. I just got the bracers of the demon consort, so would it be worth changing to them, or is it better to have heal amp?

[blade_of_will]

I assume you know that the bracers have a chance (supposedly 1%) to give you negative levels when hit and have some way to avert that?

Granted I'm not a monk expert, but if the only use you have for Jidz is healing amp, you could probably wear the demon bracers when fighting trash and jidz when up against bosses and heavy damage/healing is going down.

[lethargos]

Assuming healers friend 1 and monk imp rec 2 its 103% vs 128%. If you got decent hitpoints you want atleast 100% amp. So i dont think dropping jidz would hurt you that much. (Im a big fan of amp myself and just love the insifht bonus from jidz).

[Ecoski]

I have healer's friend 2 and imp rec 3, as well as the bonus 10% and 20% from DT. I've not noticed a large difference in healing, but I didn't realise that the negative levels from this also affected wf, which is a bit of a pest. I'll run with the demon consort for the majority of things, I'll only switch if I need some heavy healing in a boss fight. Thanks

Edit: At level 17 I have 400hp unbuffed, I'm assuming that's a good number to have? I don't have my GS hp cloak yet.

[DevHead]

Personally I'd keep the Jidz. 25% heal amp is awesome. Buuuut, if you have tons of other heal amp, you could get by.

[Carpone]

So, I've got a wf monk, he wears heal amp dragon touched armor, has all the heal amp enhancements, and up until this point used the jidz for an extra 25% heal amp. I just got the bracers of the demon consort, so would it be worth changing to them, or is it better to have heal amp?

Warforged are not immune to the level drain from Bracers of the Demon Consort.

As of U11, the new bracer for monks will be Fabricator's Bracers. Given how fast monks attack, especially with Fighter Haste Boost, they will benefit greatly from the +4 Alchemical STR/CON/DEX and 5% doublestrike.

[Alternative]

you should have passed the demon bracers to that pale master in your party that was drooling over them :X

[Taimasan]

[-Zyxas-]

^ This. It's even BTA so you can use it for your barbarian or whatever also.

[Jubbers]

The healing amp numbers that were being thrown around weren't accurate.

With healers friend I and monk rec II its .65 (base 50+15) * 1.2 = 78% healing not 103%

With your posting healers friend II, monk rec III, DT eldrich and tempest runes it looks like this:
70% (base 50 + 15 + 5) * 1.3 * 1.1 * 1.2 = 120% healing is 20% more effective on you then a no amp guy.
With the bracers 1.2 (current healing amp) * 1.25 (bracers) = 150%. The more you stack healing amp the more powerful it becomes.

Your giving up 30% healing by taking the bracers off and should be getting 1 and 3's on fist of light if you leave them on.

[Ecoski]

Thanks for all the replies, after a bit of trial and error, I now pretty much only wear the jidz again. The heal amp loss was rather extreme, as with the jidz on I was getting scroll healed for over 200, without it was mid to high hundreds.
I'm not a light monk, I'm a dark monk, so the reason I went for high heal amp was because I didn't want to be *that* warforged monk that drains the healer's blue bar. I'm normally healed for about 600, and seeing that my health is only just in the 500s now, mass CSW is enough to keep me going in most normal fights, with mass heals only needed for raid fights.