[Silvra]

Hey guys, with the expansion and cap increase coming up, do you think we will get a new belt? Maybe with the magians quest we will be able to expand our current Black Belts but I dont see another belt out of the question. Hiowever I noticed a new Fatamantoise in the dat mine and I REALLY dont want to have to kill this thing again LOL.

[Taint]

Silvra, on 11 June 2010 - 11:53 AM, said:

Hey guys, with the expansion and cap increase coming up, do you think we will get a new belt? Maybe with the magians quest we will be able to expand our current Black Belts but I dont see another belt out of the question. Hiowever I noticed a new Fatamantoise in the dat mine and I REALLY dont want to have to kill this thing again LOL.

My guess is there will be another belt around 95

[fillerbunny9]

It's a nice thought I guess, but unless they plan to tweak the Haste cap, I think it kinda unlikely. Black Belt is still the best waist slot item for melée in the game, and I'm sure it being Monk only rankles a more than a few people. If they DO decide to add a new belt, let it be something quested that proves how good of a Monk you are instead of an HNM crapshoot.

[Deo2]

Heh.. maybe they'll still be called black belts, but you'll have to go through 10 stages to get to 10th Dan.

Guard 300 times against Behomoth types!

Counter 200 times against Adamantois types!

Defeat and gain the kill shot against 100 Wyrms!

Oh, the horror.

[_Vivik_]

fillerbunny9, on 11 June 2010 - 02:03 PM, said:

something quested that proves how good of a Monk you are instead of an HNM crapshoot.

This........ plain and simple.

[Rhayve]

fillerbunny9, on 11 June 2010 - 02:03 PM, said:

It's a nice thought I guess, but unless they plan to tweak the Haste cap, I think it kinda unlikely. Black Belt is still the best waist slot item for melée in the game, and I'm sure it being Monk only rankles a more than a few people. If they DO decide to add a new belt, let it be something quested that proves how good of a Monk you are instead of an HNM crapshoot.

The new belt doesn't really have to have higher Haste on it. It could have higher PDT, STR, Subtle Blow, some Atk/Acc, you name it. It'd still be a decent upgrade.

[fillerbunny9]

My main reasoning behind the Haste cap part was there was a rather obvious progression pattern in stats as you went from color to color. I certainly think more PDT and Strength would be welcome, while I could care less about Subtle Blow; if you're in a situation where Subtle Blow makes a major difference, well, that's what Penance is for.

[Kashmir]

Eh, well. I'd like to see how they swing it, considering black belt is the final rank of karate belts afaik.

SE did say they wouldn't out-shine the existing 'good gear' that people have taken alot of time and effort to get. I'd presume this applies to king and salvage gear. Black belt fits snugly with 5/5 usukane for capped gear haste, if a new belt came out that sticks to the progression of earlier belts we'd be switching back to hybrid builds again, Unless they increase the gear haste cap like someone here mentioned.. which I seriously doubt lol.

I really can't see it happening. It would be cool if we could augment it via magians when they let us do trials on armour, though.

[Appie]

Was thinking of Dan upgrades to our black belt about 3 years ago, would be cool if they dump that into Magians. While I doubt it would boost Haste (maybe 1% for true max haste SE? Thanks), they could put some more/other stats on it.

[Klefth]

Hand-to-hand skill and/or Martial Arts on your Black Belts, anyone?