some pieces make a good upgrade from many monks wearing wu's well in to their 40's definatly the slippers until one can obtain footpads and leggings too but as far as sleeves there are better and fro prety cheap like azure as for the gi your right its crap buy a robe of living fungus or go to crystal caverns and get a crystal covered shroud
RodZilla Ubermunkee Monk of the 35th Fist <guildless> =(
The Gi (it's not a robe) is junk too. Even a lowly (by today's standards) Lockjaw Tunic is far superior to a Crescent Gi, in spite of its 1.5 weight.
There are many alternatives to Crescent that aren't no drop, are relatively cheap (meaning 100pp or less a piece), and are far superior to Crescent. Crescent only appeals to stat junkies (the same types who think that Serp Bracers are uber), and stats are mostly worthless in EverQuest.
I was in Dalnir for about 10 to 12 hours over a 2 day period and did not see one piece of crecent drop. I mainly was killing the Undead Blacksmith room and what I could of the Church before the other room started respawning.
Been down in Dalnir for a while and can say without a doubt that each piece comes from a specific Kly. These slippers drop off the Kly Evokers from the second or third floor (although you will increase your chances on the third due to the fact that there are many more Kly down there). Gi appears to be the most common (I have seen twice as many of those as any other piece) and drops off the Kly Cohort, gloves drop off the Follower, pants drop off the Invoker, headband off the Believer, and arms off the Acolyte. Shackle Room seems to be the most likely spot on the second floor for crescent drops, on the third floor it can be anywhere (but... I have personally gotten the slippers TWICE off the Evoker who spawns next to the river by the fire). The locations may be random but I am certain specific items drop off of specific Kly types. For some reason I am having a difficult time getting the Crescent Pants... go figure. Maybe because the Invoker is the toughest of the crescent droppers and fewer are killed.