Weapon Pre-10

[Rebellion]

I remember hearing not to use a glove until lvl 10, and to jes fight w/o no weapon until then. Is this true?

[keoni004]

Wear what you can afford. It doesn't really matter.

[Cali]

I had no weapon back when I was soloing up to 10, even at 10, I was constantly doubting the need of weapon... since it didn't make much a difference in damage, but quite a difference in attack speed... well, may be I am a mithra, I can always rely on my high hit rate+attack speed to build up damage... I think I used a brass bagnnakhs(claw thing)

[Voyager]

The first time I leveld Monk, I used no weapon through about lvl 16, I think, before I finally broke down and got Brass Bahnaghas, however, this time I decided to start with a weapon early, and pick up a pair of lvl 1 Cat Bahnaghas, for about 300.

After gil farming both with, and without them on, I've come to the conclusion that the +2 damage per hit is actually quite worth it. At lvl 10 I was doing half again as much damage per swing with them on, as I was with them off, and the delay is minimal.

Additionally, if you are fighting mobs with high damage resistance, the extra damage will help you punch through it, to do real damage to the mob.

In short, I would now highly recommend that even begining Monks pick up a reasonable H2H weapon as soon as they can afford it. Just look for a weapon with a high damage bonus, and reasonably low cool down time.

Harry Voyager