Questioning the design of TP

[Xell]

Something I don't think has been mentioned so far is skill speed and tp. I don't think anyone has found any DR in skill speed (could be wrong). As higher ilvl gear comes out, skill speed will continue to shoot through the roof. Monks can already break the 2.0 gcd mark. What happens when they get down to 1.8 or 1.5? The way it stands now, even without reaching maximum skill speed for this patch, monks cannot sustain tp in an optimal rotation, without the help of a bard. Skill Speed or another stat needs to give either tp reduction or increased tp regen.

[pandabearcat]

Skill Speed or another stat needs to give either tp reduction or increased tp regen.

Yes, I agree wholeheartedly. Regen should increase based on skill speed, just like it does in many other MMOs with a similar resource system.

You should never be punished for having better stats.

EDIT: "DR" on skill speed should be a natural result of skill speed, like it is in other haste based systems.

What I mean is, naturally, skill speed increases "haste" by 1% say, per 10 points, but as GCD gets faster and faster, naturally haste gives less and less reduction in speed, as 1% of 2.0 seconds is lower than 1% of 2.5 seconds.

So there is no need for an unnatural or forced DR. Haste has automatically diminishing returns on "absolute" DPS increase, but has no DR on "relative" DPS increase.

[Kevee]

You should never be punished for having better stats.

You're never punished.

Yes, you run out of TP/MP faster, but you also did the same amount of damage in a smaller window. Same damage, higher DPS.

[Kevee]

without the help of a bard.

That's how it should be, just like every other class(but THM/BLM). Classes/Jobs shouldn't be 100% self sufficient like THM/BLM.

BRD buffs need to stay relevant.