tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36097176069743648002023-07-17T22:06:55.107-07:00Pimp my PandarenA blog about a project of making a Pandaren Monk character in the upcoming World of Warcraft expansion: Mists of Pandaria.Daimyohhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14614765696644988561noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3609717606974364800.post-63319877272587491272012-01-14T05:13:00.000-08:002012-01-14T05:16:42.931-08:00Monk GearToday I want to talk a bit more about this project. The main reason why I started it is because the Monk class appeals to me a lot, and I want to play one. What sucks about rerolling is that you don't get to keep all the things you previously did on another character.<br />
That's why I am going to collect as much as possible for my next "main" before I even start him. This way I save a lot of time trying to gather those items after I rolled a Monk. I'm doing things in advance to get a bit of a head start, so to speak.<br />
I'm gonna talk a bit about what kind of things I plan to collect for my Monk in advance.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Gear:</span><br />
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The main reason I want to collect leveling gear in advance is mostly why not, if I'm gonna spend so much time in making the most out of my character before I start one, why not just collect some BoE gear in advance to make the leveling process smoother.<br />
I leveled through 1-85 so many times now that I want to make this process as fast as possible. :)<br />
There isn't that much known about monks, gear wise, so I'm gonna list the things I do know:<br />
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-Monks will be able to use Cloth and Leather items. <br />
I presume that they can wear cloth if they wish to do so, but they lose the additional armor that leather provides, similar to how druids gear.<br />
-Monks use Fist Weapons, one-handed Axes Maces Swords or Polearms and Staves. I assume they can dual wield.<br />
In videos I saw most monks use no weapons, so either weapons are just a stat stick or weapons are used for special moves only, since they have no autoattacks.<br />
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At this stage I am going to assume that the Monk's DPS Spec, Windwalker, is going to gear exactly like a rogue or feral druid would.<br />
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I have yet to make a list of the best items for each level, as this is going to be time consuming.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Transmogrification:</span><br />
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I've been thinking about what kind of look i'd want for my Monk as well. I am pretty sure the new Pandaren starting zone has some beautiful looking Monk gear, that I can use for this, but I plan to gather a backup set just in case the gear isn't transmogrifiable, or just plain boring. :)<br />
This is the first version of my future monk: <br />
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The Tauren model is obviously a placeholder, since the Pandaren Model hasn't been released yet.<br />
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Head: <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/item=25680" target="_blank">Stylin' Purple Hat</a>.<br />
Shoulders: <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/item=15357" target="_blank">Headhunter's Spaulders</a>.<br />
Chest: <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/item=8200" target="_blank">Big Voodoo Robe.</a><br />
Gloves: <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/item=15355" target="_blank">Headhunter's Mitts</a>.<br />
Wrist: <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/item=15351" target="_blank">Headhunter's Bands.</a><br />
Waist: <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/item=15349" target="_blank">Headhunter's Belt.</a><br />
Legs: <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/item=15358" target="_blank">Headhunter's Woolies</a>.<br />
Feet: <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/item=15350" target="_blank">Headhunter's Slippers.</a><br />
Cloak: Not shown.<br />
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Weapons: Since Monks can use a variety of weapons, I'll have to find a couple of nice ones, preferably ones that go with my gear or look cool otherwise.<br />
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For now I have the following candidates for each slot:<br />
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1. <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/item=70218" target="_blank">Ruthless Gladiator's Left Ripper</a> & <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/item=70217" target="_blank">Ruthless Gladiator's Right Ripper</a>.</div>
2. <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/item=13036" target="_blank">Assassination Blade</a>.<br />
3. <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/item=69803" target="_blank">Gurubashi Punisher</a>.<br />
4. <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/item=7786" target="_blank">Headsplitter.</a><br />
5. <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/item=25231" target="_blank">Fel-Wrought Halberd</a>.<br />
6. <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/item=2077" target="_blank">Magician Staff.</a><br />
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It is very well possible that the Ruthless Gladiator weapons will be removed from the game when MoP comes out, I'll have to find another pair of claws then.<br />
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That's it for transmogrification, for now.<br />
Next time: Mounts and pets. Stay tuned!Daimyohhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14614765696644988561noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3609717606974364800.post-66012450752653823302012-01-09T10:36:00.000-08:002012-01-09T10:51:15.936-08:00First post!Welcome to my first blog!<br />
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I was toying around with the idea of making a Pandaren Monk when I saw the trailer for Mists of Pandaria.<br />
The monk class has always appealed to me in other games, so I was pretty excited when they announced it.<br />
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This blog is going to be about me planning my character. When I say plan my character, I don't mean I make up a story for him, I am not a roleplayer.<br />
I am what some would call a powergamer, the kind of player that wants to optimize every aspect of his character to the fullest.<br />
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My goal is to pretty much collect the best possible gear for my Monk in advance, as well as mounts, pets, titles etc, as much as possible.<br />
To give you an idea here is a small list of what ideas I was toying around with:<br />
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- Collect items that can be used for rep turnins with different factions in advance such as Heavy Junkboxes for Ravenholdt and Encrypted Twilight Text for the Cenarion Circle, etc.<br />
- Gather all the items I need for leveling the professions I plan to level.<br />
- Accumulate all the vanity pets I can.<br />
- Acquire all gear I plan to use in advance, as well as sets I use for Transmogrification. This together with Enchants for all of them.<br />
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In this blog I will be posting list of items I plan to use, as well as methods to obtain them. <br />
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I recently joined a guild with a bunch of people from the gold making community. This idea came from <a href="http://twitter.com/PowerWordGold" target="_blank">Flux</a> of the <a href="http://www.powerwordgold.net/" target="_blank">Power Word: Gold</a> blog.<br />
We started new characters on a realm (Draenor-EU and Lightbringer-US) and share methods to accumulate gold. Our guild name is appropriately named <Power Word Guild>.<br />
Since I need a lot of gold for some of the more luxury items, I am first starting to collect all the gold in advance.<br />
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This blog is mostly about the story of my journey towards my goal. <br />
Most of the content will either be about the things I plan to collect for my monk or making the gold to do so.<br />
I plan to update regularly as I have many ideas I want to share with people and I'm looking for some feedback as well.<br />
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About myself:<br />
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I am a 25 year old student from the Netherlands, I have been playing World of Warcraft for 5 years.<br />
There aren't many aspects I'm not familiar within the game, as such I consider myself pretty knowledgable about it.<br />
Of course I don't know everything, but luckily I have the skillset of knowing where to look for information and apply it.<br />
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I have been mostly keeping myself busy with raiding and PvP, and I have played on multiple realms, such as Nordrassil-EU, Stormscale-EU, Bladefist-EU and now Draenor-EU.<br />
The classes I've played as a "main" vary as well, but most of them have been PvE tanks and/or melee dps. <br />
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English is not my primary language, so don't be alarmed at all the grammar and spelling mistakes you see here on my blog. Feel free to send me a message if you spot any!<br />
I am also not an experienced writer, so I hope I can at least make it interesting enough for people to read it. :)<br />
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The easiest way to contact me is to tweet at or Direct Message <a href="https://twitter.com/Daimyoh" target="_blank">@Daimyoh</a> on twitter.<br />
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