5.0 MNK Problems

Hello Everyone,

I am a MNK main here.

I want to talk about the state of monk I will break it into a two sections; Effectiveness and Feel/Identity.

Let us start off with Effectiveness. Monk right now is actually in a very good spot which kind of scares me more than it should. Given how balanced Monk is right now I fear any changes will be overlooked. We right now do great pDPS and add a decent amount of utility. So far EX fights feel good with what we have.

Second off Feel/Identity. Monk feels horrible. Our Optimal opener is hidden behind server ticks, it feels like we lost A LOT in order to gain buffs that in the end were just linear progression. Being busy and weaving skills and pushing out more and more damage has always been what monk is supposed to be about, but it feels we lost that feeling in favor of a lower skill floor and overall uninteresting changes.

Monk is in an identity crisis because most people played the class for the theme and for how the job rewards skill expression and skill.

Please hear our pleas!

My own personal opinions on changes I would love to see would be Anatman gives a GL stack instantly and Tornado Kick is limited to only 3 Stacks consumed. But I would welcome any new form of GL stacking like Riddle of Wind making an appearance where it empowers your next Shoulder tackle to grant GL stack.