Quote Originally Posted by Arcian View Post
Maybe not useless, but at the moment we're incredibly underpowered compared to every other melee dps (we just edge out drg on personal dps, but they have Disembowel and BL). Brotherhood is weaponskill-reliant and since it only affects physical damage, every caster in the party besides the one (or two) healer(s) lessens its overall usefulness. BL is a flat boost to everyone. Balance is a flat boost to everyone. Brotherhood is gimmicky, does not apply to the entire party or the monk using it, and doesn't compensate for the nerfs and loss of abilities, and neither does the rng-happy chakra setup.

Useless? Not entirely. Godawful at the moment? You betcha.
The 5% physical damage boost that Brotherhood applies effects everyone but the monk if I recall correctly. If that is the case then all the 'free' chakra gained in the 15 seconds Brotherhood still makes it feel like an ass-backwards attempt at 'party synergy'.