monk unhanded combat - Guild Wars Forums

ribisi · May 04, 2005, 04:20 AM // 04:20

I was just wondering dose a monk get to fight unhanded at all or do have to use a staff all the time. would think a monk or any class would have some kind of unarmed skills, such as punch and kicks..

Ollaolas · May 04, 2005, 04:38 AM // 04:38

Monks are not fighters in this game.

Zai · May 04, 2005, 04:41 AM // 04:41

Haha! Unhanded.

Monks are casters, they use smiting spells to do damage. Unless you pick up warrior or ranger as secondary and focus on those weapon skills. There is no unarmed fighting in the game.

ribisi · May 04, 2005, 04:48 AM // 04:48

well thanks, just would think a monk would do some good unhanded combat if not it should be...

Zai · May 04, 2005, 04:50 AM // 04:50

You're thinking of the wrong kind of monk.

Ollaolas · May 04, 2005, 04:53 AM // 04:53

Have you played EQ1? Monks in that game got bonuses to unarmed fighting and they could do roundhouse kicks and other moves.

ribisi · May 04, 2005, 04:55 AM // 04:55

what other kind is thier, just think monk should kick some ass kung fu style...

ribisi · May 04, 2005, 04:56 AM // 04:56

no I never have or never will play EQ just a personal thing....

Zai · May 04, 2005, 05:03 AM // 05:03

There are the Buddhist monks which sometimes practice martial arts, that is what you are thinking of. The actual word monk is just somebody who is devoted to a discipline prescribed by his order. In this game the monks are the religous class, they recieve their power from the gods.

elorei · May 05, 2005, 08:09 AM // 08:09

Quote:

Originally Posted by ribisi

well thanks, just would think a monk would do some good unhanded combat if not it should be...

unhanded? like ........you hit em with your stumps after you amputate?

Aija · May 05, 2005, 10:52 AM // 10:52

I've played a monk in EQ1, AO, EQ2, CoH, SWG, and I would have played one in WoW if they had the class. At first I was disappointed that monks were not fighters like they had been in the other games, but healers, but I decided to try it anyways and surprisingly I'm enjoying it. Give it a chance.

Belwas · May 05, 2005, 02:05 PM // 14:05

Yes, generally most monks are just considered devout religous types.. but there are certainly a few orders that use martial arts, usually for the sheer sake of discipline(Self-discipline, that is.). The most notable of these are probably the Shaolin Monks.

Lasher Dragon · May 05, 2005, 02:12 PM // 14:12

I agree that monks are not made for combat in this game. However I think it is strange that they made them seem so martial-artsy without tossing them some kind of bone for melee fighting. Their /dance emote looks so cool, it's too bad they have nothing to back it up with.

ElGuat · May 05, 2005, 02:20 PM // 14:20

True, the kind of monks the game portrays them out to be versus the kind of monks they really are is contraversial. They look like the kind of monks that could catch an arrow- but they really are the kind of monks that you'd see in a monastary in a brown robe where the most action in his schedual is tending the garden or drinkng a glass of holy water (they could possibly catch an arrow as well, but maybe with their face or chest). Maybe they wanted the tougher look without the bark. :P

Soul Monarch · May 05, 2005, 02:26 PM // 14:26

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ollaolas

Have you played EQ1? Monks in that game got bonuses to unarmed fighting and they could do roundhouse kicks and other moves.

...but, this isn't Everquest.

Why do people insist that every game should be another game that they already played?

May 04, 2005, 04:20 AM // 04:20	#1
ribisi Pre-Searing Cadet Join Date: May 2005	monk unhanded combat I was just wondering dose a monk get to fight unhanded at all or do have to use a staff all the time. would think a monk or any class would have some kind of unarmed skills, such as punch and kicks..

May 04, 2005, 04:38 AM // 04:38	#2
Ollaolas Academy Page Join Date: May 2005 Location: 8-bit Hell	Monks are not fighters in this game.

May 04, 2005, 04:41 AM // 04:41	#3
Zai Krytan Explorer Join Date: Apr 2005	Haha! Unhanded. Monks are casters, they use smiting spells to do damage. Unless you pick up warrior or ranger as secondary and focus on those weapon skills. There is no unarmed fighting in the game.

May 04, 2005, 04:48 AM // 04:48	#4
ribisi Pre-Searing Cadet Join Date: May 2005	well thanks, just would think a monk would do some good unhanded combat if not it should be...

May 04, 2005, 04:50 AM // 04:50	#5
Zai Krytan Explorer Join Date: Apr 2005	You're thinking of the wrong kind of monk.

May 04, 2005, 04:53 AM // 04:53	#6
Ollaolas Academy Page Join Date: May 2005 Location: 8-bit Hell	Have you played EQ1? Monks in that game got bonuses to unarmed fighting and they could do roundhouse kicks and other moves.

May 04, 2005, 04:55 AM // 04:55	#7
ribisi Pre-Searing Cadet Join Date: May 2005	what other kind is thier, just think monk should kick some ass kung fu style...

May 04, 2005, 04:56 AM // 04:56	#8
ribisi Pre-Searing Cadet Join Date: May 2005	no I never have or never will play EQ just a personal thing....

May 04, 2005, 05:03 AM // 05:03	#9
Zai Krytan Explorer Join Date: Apr 2005	There are the Buddhist monks which sometimes practice martial arts, that is what you are thinking of. The actual word monk is just somebody who is devoted to a discipline prescribed by his order. In this game the monks are the religous class, they recieve their power from the gods.

May 05, 2005, 10:52 AM // 10:52	#11
Aija Pre-Searing Cadet Join Date: Apr 2005	I've played a monk in EQ1, AO, EQ2, CoH, SWG, and I would have played one in WoW if they had the class. At first I was disappointed that monks were not fighters like they had been in the other games, but healers, but I decided to try it anyways and surprisingly I'm enjoying it. Give it a chance.

May 05, 2005, 02:05 PM // 14:05	#12
Belwas Ascalonian Squire Join Date: Apr 2005	Yes, generally most monks are just considered devout religous types.. but there are certainly a few orders that use martial arts, usually for the sheer sake of discipline(Self-discipline, that is.). The most notable of these are probably the Shaolin Monks.

May 05, 2005, 02:12 PM // 14:12	#13
Lasher Dragon Draconic Rage Incarnate Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Iowa Guild: Alphahive Profession: R/A	I agree that monks are not made for combat in this game. However I think it is strange that they made them seem so martial-artsy without tossing them some kind of bone for melee fighting. Their /dance emote looks so cool, it's too bad they have nothing to back it up with.

May 05, 2005, 02:20 PM // 14:20	#14
ElGuat Ascalonian Squire Join Date: May 2005	True, the kind of monks the game portrays them out to be versus the kind of monks they really are is contraversial. They look like the kind of monks that could catch an arrow- but they really are the kind of monks that you'd see in a monastary in a brown robe where the most action in his schedual is tending the garden or drinkng a glass of holy water (they could possibly catch an arrow as well, but maybe with their face or chest). Maybe they wanted the tougher look without the bark. :P