[mongoose]

dont worry about it, ppl can seek for hours
1-dont spam things like "SEEKING INVITE PLZ" (it's annoying
2-try asking party leaders or people you know if you could take the spot of anyone that leaves
3-lvl your subjob to make you /sea stormbringer more appealing because it doesn't matter what your eqt is like most of the time, because people usually just do a /sea ??-??

[Onorgul]

The trouble is that people don't believe Monks to be a good class at your level. There's this wide-spread misconception among NA players that we simply don't have the goods, which is silly. I personally spent ages waiting in Qufim for a party, but they happened eventually.

Up-to-date equipment is a must. A Warrior support job will make you look more tempting (if not, at least level Thief to 10 for the Evasion Bonus). One problem with Qufim, though, is that the typical prey after level 21 or 22 are crabs and pugils, both of which have high defense and make a Monk's job doubly difficult. Best bet is to either form your own party or just stick with it. It does get better, I promise you.

There are other options for levelling, but unless you're lucky enough to be invited, you'll have to build your own party and head to them.

[Plashkabno]

Well, I totally disagree with not shouting for a party at that lvl. It's true, at later lvls ppl start finding out about "/sea all" But, up until khazam I would keep shouting. It is annoying, don't spam....but there are a lot of noobs that have a hard time searching for people. When I was a level 20 mnk, I had thf also, and about the time I hit qufim I went and lvld war. It got me a lot more invites and really sets you up for keeping war as your sub. Thf is only a good farming sub for mnks.