I Really Want To Enjoy Monk....
I just can't. Honestly if we look at everything we have on Monk and after putting it into practice a bit, I can say that it's been thoroughly ruined.
Pros:
Under 2 second GCD. I LOVE this. Please I want more of this, feels so good.
Fluid control over combo direction. PB giving the 3 free skills and ending with formless fist is so nice for actually picking your spells, but really destroys the 'combo' feeling of the class. You do really get to pick the spells you use though more freely so I list this as a pro.
Hight Potency. Honestly I think Monks will be top DPS, for if that matters to you or not. We got big numbers and they come fast.
Personally I think Thunderclap is so cool. I wish it had potency on enemy, but the utility on it is nice and it looks cool so I'm in for it.
30 second forms is nice. Not sure the practicality of it but it's just worth mentioning.
Phantom Rush looks really cool :D
Cons:
oGCD culling and moving them to Blitz as a Weaponskill really makes the class feel barren and empty.
No new skills. I refuse to consider Riddle of Wind an ability or skill. It's just not a well designed ability. We have the new blitz system, yes. But it takes old abilities that were already removed from the class (Steel Peaks and Howling Fist) and gives it to us in a new form as 'new' and then upgrades it as our 80-90 TRAITS. Only traits from 80-90 mind you.
Removed positionals. Refer to positional thread: https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/...ositionals-6.0
STILL useless abilities. How Anatman and Six-Sided Star still have the same functionality is beyond me.
I WANT to like this class because it's nice for Monk to finally be getting some attention, but there's just so much going wrong for the class at the moment that I just can't. The class is just straight up bland. Honestly this is the worst rendition of the class I have ever seen. I have optimistically high hopes that things change, but in it's current state I just feel they've taken my favorite class and dunked it in a toilet after a fat man decimates it after thanksgiving.
Yeah Monk doesnt feel the same.
To me it feels like they dumbed down the class by getting rid of positionals. Only two skills have positionals now. What is the point? Im having a hard time getting into the new system because all of the new skills seem pointless. They are all AOE attacks. Just seems pointless and more complex of a class to play now. But hey thats just me. I've always mained a MNK, but it might be time for a change.
Also all of the people that complained about MNK and the whole positional thing arent even playing MNK let alone melee classes. They are and for the most part are all still ranged players.