I currently have a barb still going after the ban, my monk was banned. I think my monk does better, he never died on act3 mp3, never, with any mobs. I used the tinkeizer's weapon switch once I found out about it and could easily go up 2 levels though they were less gph, so I will make another monk and get back where I was. I bot on Big Reds with Keep levels and also the Tinkeizer profile. My ww Barb dies more than my monk did, I think because of the always using ww to slay the monsters, so I spend more on repairs, even though he rushes through things faster, I still find him missing piles of gold and chests that the monk never did. As far as gear goes, I think the top gear is close to the same anyways. I still prefer the Monk. My 2cents!