well i believe many have stated their opinions well, and that some god items are just not worth it (because there are other good-enough/close-enough replacements and that the costs of ingredients just don't add up to the benefits), but i still believe megginjards are wayyyy overpowered... EVEN when stripped...
i'm saying this 'coz i kinda like monks, and 'coz i know that eventhough it is true that being fully stripped makes u a bit less stronger, but for a proper battle monk it won't be a problem as the exponentials from even only 1 meg will up his damage like crazy...
take this rough calculation as an example:
1. normal build monk to account for being naked is 92 str (+8 job 50 and +10 bless equals 110)
2. best (affordable) weapon for asura with a monk is regularly the stunner (+140 atk)
3. asura only depends on ATK and SP to determine maximum number of hits
so even when fully stripped, a monk with 110 str + megs has enough exponential bonus to do a decent amount of damage...
and yes i agree that it does not imbalance gameplay that much (in account that monks are easily subdue-able by eliminating their SP - at least the taekwon master and profs/scholar classes can, and that GTB is also immune to asura - and also ghostring when the monk is stripped and is not aspersio'ed/endowed), but as currently there is (as mentioned above by other ppl) very few players in guilds, IMHO it would be prudent to not release megs just yet.
WHEN and IF there are enough guilds and players to warrant a full scale WOE (currently the GMs have opted to only open 1 castle per location - a good decision based on the same conditions that i am referring to), THEN having a meg won't be unbalanced... (as more ppl in more guilds mean that the possibility of the other guild having a taekwon master/prof/scholar/chars that can subdue these monks are higher)
