Nahh monk sucks to start with. Especially with no cash and no gear. Its literally the weakest of all the classes to start with. Shit start skills that do shit dmg and is way too gear dependent because of it. Better as a 2nd character when you have some coin to invest. If they gave the monk some better start skills, that be another thing. But as it stands now, meh. I know they are strong at end game, but to wade through swamps to ge tthere is painful.
I mean start what you want to start with, Im just saying that monk is weak as starter.
Besides you know once 1.0 rolls around the FOTM will be the duelist. Like the monk was in .5