Rings + Belt Combo Problem

[Naota1369]

OK currently for my my belt and rings im using two snipers plus brown belt. i was wondering if when im high enough for sun rings if i should switch from the snipers and BB to life belt and sun x2.

selling my snipers would be a big boon(around 900k) towards cross counters which i really want(around 2mil).

would i be better off keeping the snipers and BB or selling them then?

thanks for advice in advance

[totti591]

well in your option its

Accuracy+10 (Life Belt) and Strenght+6 (Sun Ringsx2)
or Accuracy+10 (snipers) Strenght+5 Haste+8%

so depending on what you choose you will either gain 1 strenght
or 8%haste. From my choice I would stick with snipers+brown belt because I find the 8%haste much more valuable then 1Str.

But again with out snipers you do get rid of that horrid -20defense and -40darkness so really both are good.
by the looks of it you want cross counters so I guess for you
it would be best to ditch the snipers and buy the dirt cheap sun rings.

for my equipment thou I go with Life Belt and 2 Victory Rings (+8str) then when I go with Focus and berserk combo I swap the Life belt for Brown Belt and get some nice damage boost I find this the best combo for me is Brown Belt+2 Victory Rings

Ive done some nice dmg with that set up.

[Kordoroth]

Use your Sniper x2 and a Life Belt. A beautiful +20 ACC is a great thing.

[taps]

I've heard that anywhere from 15->25 Acc is the sweet spot for MNK. For a Galka MNK which setup would be better: Lifebelt+2x Sun Ring, or, Brown Belt+2x Sniper Ring. Just assume this is @Lv60, with AF gloves/body, and Spartan Cesti.

[Naota1369]

See i would keep the snipers, but if i sell them and BB and switch to Life Belt + Sun Rings x2 that would give me about 1,225,000 gil towards Cross Counters which i want soooooo bad.

So basically im wondering would i be better with Cross Counters, Life Belt, and Sun Rings x2 or....
Tact. Mag. Hooks, snipers x2, and a Brown Belt :/

I dont have any experience in the 50-70 range so i dont know which will benefit me more.

If you guys say keep the BB and snipers, i am still going to buy the sun rings and life belt, just to have some options.

Oh and quick question a person in my ls said that Monks without the life belt + snipers x2 get torn up by 60+ mobs like "raptors"?
This true?

Cross Counters = teh sexy btw....

[AkumuX]

There is nothing wrong with a Life Belt + 2 Sun Rings. I'm Mithra, with that setup I did just fine, no...better than just fine, pretty damned good. I've also had CCs, and at 50 they are outstanding. However, I sincerely recommend Spartans come 58, and there is nothing wrong with purchasing Spartans at 58 having never had CCs. (Tact. Mag. Hooks @ 50 is perfectly acceptable).

About your LS person saying "Monks without the life belt + snipers X2 get torn up by 60+ mobs like raptors" I'm not sure what this person is saying. That you can't hit raptors, perytons, torama and processionaires? Dude, the only prob in there is Torama, and EVERY melee has a problem with those. Also, Peryton have a self buff that makes them hard to hit, though this can be dispelled.

Raptors, Processionaires (crawlers) are nothing...they're easy to hit. No harmful AOE so long as you're behind or at the side of the mob. For me, life belt, AF body (+5 acc), strength rings worked just fine @60. Granted at 61 I got Spectacles, so I had even more acc. But I've seen life belt, AF monks fight in XP pts. There's no problem there.

[Ungerpurr]

Personally I recommend life belt + 2x snipers until Raging Fists is no longer your bread and butter WS (which, depending on the group, can either be level 60 or level 65). Brown Belt is great, but you really can't afford to miss much when it comes WS time, and you WILL build TP faster with a life belt than a brown belt. Life Belt is kinda a slap in the face to monks, who have to give up their class-defining belt series to use what is, in my opinion, a necessary piece of gear.

I did life belt + 2 sun rings until level 58, I believe. It works well, although raging fists damage suffers without snipers.

Regarding CCs...I've had them since 52, they're an excellent weapon, but I really doubt you'd see much of a difference between them and spartan cesti (and, in fact, spartan cesti should WS at least slightly better). The main reason I'm keeping mine is for genkai 5 (where counter is king).

[guyincorporated]

You could just swap in the life belt before skillchains. This seems like obvious advice to me, but I'm used to swapping large sets of equipment on the fly for SAnTA.

I just can't see parting with an item as badass as the brown belt, especially if you already have the sniper rings.