2. The Wonder Years 2.1. The Monk class In my opinion, the monk class is one of the most enjoyable classes to play in EQ2. Why? Because the monk is arguably the most diverse subclass character and can choose from playing either the tank1 or dps2. No other class can play both roles as effectively as the monk. Your fame (or lack thereof) will be base

2.2. What stats3 are important to a monk? If I had to list an order of important definitely agility and strength are the most important, followed by stamina and the other stats you can do without. 2.2.1. Agility Agility is the primary stat that decreases your damage over time via avoidance. I.e. agility improves your armor class (AC)4 and avoidance

EverQuest 2 Ranger Guide 11.3. Crafting Crafting is a great way of making money once you get to tier four in particular, as with all the professions there are items that are highly desirable. The key to success is simple – find out what you can make that people want, and give it to them. Keep your prices reasonable to keep your customers coming b

The Everquest 2 Monk Guide 2.2.2. Strength Strength affects the amount of damage dealt, ability to hit, total power pool5, and carrying weight. Arguably if you are tanking, damage dealt is not as important as holding agro, taking damage, etc. However, doing more damage does increase agro (via hate) and is always a bonus to a group since mobs will d

2.1.2. Does race matter? There have been quite a few debates on the message boards on whether race matters because each race has certain higher starting attribute versus other races. So does race really matter? No! Pick any race that meets your role-playing (RP) style or that you would enjoy the most. However, that doesn’t mean stats (e.g. agilit

11. Making Money 11.1. Introduction This section is dedicated to tips on all the different ways you can make money. There are plenty of things you can do to earn quite a lot of cash if you know the right places to go and the particular things people are looking for that will bring in some extra money for you. Even at lower levels you can still make

11.6. Harvesting Harvesting is a great way of making money if you’re prepared to put the time into it. Everything you can harvest sells at the right price, and provisioners especially will pay a fairly high price for certain items. Roots also sell for a good price as they are used by all tradeskill classes so they’re in high demand. Harvesting

11.5.1. Solo Farming Soloing for cash as a ranger can be highly productive if you learn how to kite well. There are many soloable named mobs in the game that have a decent chance of dropping a master chest. You can also make quite good money (and guild status) by doing adventure writs. Writ mobs drop quite good cash loot, including armor, adepts, a

1.1. Why read this guide? Everquest 2 (EQ2) is a very exciting and rewarding game that potentially has many years of playing enjoyment. However, as we all probably know the first few days/weeks of playing can be slow, lots of trial-and-error guessing (e.g. newbie), and sometimes frustrating. My intent is to quickly get you out-of Monk newbie-school

1.3. What is not in this guide Cheats, exploits, botting, 3rd-party programs or any other non-EULA compliant activities. Bruiser combat arts: Although mostly every other section could be applied to the Bruiser subclass. Crafting Freeport Zones and Quests: Since it’s a bit inconvenient for the early monk to adventurer near the evil zones, these wo