Suggested MNK change

Instead of removing positionals, they could've incorperated positionals into the new Masterful Blitz.

So let's say we keep the Masterful Blitz as is but this time around, positionals unlock the stickers on the Beast Gauge.

Similar to like a fighting game or hack'n'slash, there would also be a combo counter next to the Beast Gauge for each positional hit.

Gameplay Loop
3x positionals landed = 1 sticker.
In total that would be 9x positionals to unlock Lunar Nadi, which gives Flint Strike.

Since Lunar Nadi is unlocked, the required positionals have now decreased for the Solar Nadi.
2x positionals per sticker. 6x Positionals in total for Rising Phoenix.

With both the Lunar Nadi and Solar Nadi, we only need 1x positional per sticker.
That would mean 3x positionals for Phantom Rush.

The Beast Gauge then resets and we repeat.

Perfect Balance
Perfect Balance can stay as 2 charges, ignore positionals requirement 3 times and grant us 1x sticker per hit.

Anatman
Allows the use of Lunar and Solar Nadi weaponskills for 1 combo.

Flint Strike > Rising Phoenix > Phantom Rush

Leaden Fist
New animation to differentiate itself from a normal Bootshine.

Stances (New - december 30th)
Phantom Rush cycles through 3 stances: Fists of Wind, Earth and Fire.
A simple way would be to give them their old effects from ShB, with Earth being changed to ignoring positional requirement instead of damage reduction much like the old Riddle of Earth.

Instead though I had in mind that maybe each different stance gave a new set of weaponskills. Perhaps the Fists of Fire is a dot-based combo. Fists of Earth being strong but slow-hitting weaponskills on 2.5 gcd. Fists of Wind could be the normal combo we're familliar with and increased auto-attack speed.

Totally not a Summoner rework.

oGCD's
Elixir Field and Tornado Kick just because buttons are fun to press. Maybe even add Celestial Revolution.

The Combo Counter (Updated - december 30th)
Simply visuals as a homage to fighting games / hack'n'slash. A way to see how many positionals one can hit in one fight perhaps. Option to be turned off with Simple Job Gauge.

Missing a positional (Updated - december 30th)
Loss of a positional simply makes the Combo Counter vanish until hitting a positional again.
If you've hit 2 out of 3 positionals for a sticker then you only need to try and hit another positional.

Thoughts
I've only played MNK since ShB so I'm not exactly an expert but what drew me to the job to begin with was the positionals and Greased Lightning. With Endwalker's changes, MNK doesn't really feel as fast-paced anymore.

Feedback is much appreciated. Obviously the chances of Square Enix even seeing this is extremely low but it could be something to tinker with as a tiny pastime nonetheless. Will update depending on feedback replies.

Oh my god...I would have loved this. Although I would still prefer if Masterful Blitz was off the GCD.

It sounds like a lot of fun. I hope someone translates it to Japanese and posts it on the Japanese forums so we can see it implemented.

love the concept of incorporating positionals into masterful blitz. As much as I like this concept and I'd love the difficulty and challenges it would bring, but the class would have a very high barrier of entry because the finishers/masterful blitz are locked behind positionals.

Sounds appallingly awful

No thanks...

Please stop

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Originally Posted by Andy_T93

Please stop

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OP should keep going specifically because you asked them not to.

Update: december 29th
- replaced Elixir Field with Flint Strike during Lunar Nadi.
- Tornado Kick and Elixir Field are back to being oGCDs, with Celestial Revolution included.
- combo counter unlocks Six-sided Star at 9x positionals, oGCD.
- Anatman grants a combo of Lunar Nadi and Solar Nadi, ending with Phantom Rush.
- Leaden Fist gets a new animation to differentiate itself from a normal Bootshine.

Sounds really bad.

And, well, you've already included why this is terrible and would never be considered by the developers in the "Missing a positional" section.

So, good job on that at least.

I'm all for returning the positionals to Monk's weaponskills but frankly this would be insanely frustrating for reasons that we've already seen in the game.

Many moons ago we saw how tying positionals to something this important pans out, clear back in 2.0 when Heavy Thrust's buff and Chaos Thrust's DoT on Dragoon were tied to the positional requirement instead of it just being potency. That got removed because it was infuriating rather than fun and this would be like that but a thousand times more infuriating. Positionals work as a supplementary mechanic, they improve on an otherwise well designed job by giving you slightly more space to improve your play and they make the job a little more active when you're outside of your burst.

I get that people are unhappy about the lost positionals, I am too, but this is overcorrecting.

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Originally Posted by SpeckledBurd

I'm all for returning the positionals to Monk's weaponskills but frankly this would be insanely frustrating for reasons that we've already seen in the game.

Clear back in 2.0 we already saw how tying positionals to something this important pans out clear back in 2.0 when Heavy Thrust's buff and Chaos Thrust's DoT on Dragoon were tied to the positional requirement instead of it just being potency. That got removed because it was infuriating rather than fun and this would be like that but a thousand times more infuriating. Positionals work as a supplementary mechanic, they improve on an otherwise well designed job by giving you slightly more space to improve your play and they make the job a little more active when you're outside of your burst.

I get that people are unhappy about the lost positionals, I am too, but this is overcorrecting.

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This 100%. Positionals are not a magic solution that makes the glaring issues that Monk kit currently has dissapear.

Update: december 30th
- minimized penalty for missing a positional
- The Combo Counter will simply track the number of positionals
- added Stances

I think it's a fine change though I might be leaning more towards removing postionals. I'm starting to feel that removing postionals could give more freedom to encounter design. I get that positioning is a fun mechanic but I like freedom of movement a bit more. I would rather see Blitz changed. If we're committed to Blitz being the new monk thing then it needs to be simplified. Right now it's way too restrictive and too punishing for players. It should not be a DPS gain to intentionally use the same nadi just so we can correct the timing on our brotherhood window. Having to juggle between lunar and solar nadi is too much to keep track of during a fight. A glowing purple and yellow light don't convey which combo I need to perform easily enough. Because on top of that I now have to remember that purple means three of a kind, and yellow means one of each.

Blitz should be a linear progression. Instead of a lunar combo and a solar combo we should have a single target blitz, and an aoe blitz. I think all Blitz should function like Celestial Revolution and grant you whatever nadi you are missing. Let me decide how I want to spend my Perfect Balance combo. Maybe if I use only aoe skills that triggers the aoe blitz. If I do only single target moves I get the single target blitz. Or maybe it works like chakra does and we get an extra button. we get a nadi no matter what we do, and instead we have one button for the single target blitz, then a second button for the aoe blitz. Phantom Rush stays the same that does the highest single target and aoe damage but only after using two nadi.