Monk suggestions

[Shurrikhan]

Considering PB currently has a 3 minute long CD, it really isn't any more punishing then it currently is so I'm not really seeing how that's much of an argument. Realistically, PB is used almost entirely as a back up in case we end up losing GL, not on consistent CD like the rest of our oGCDs, so I'm not really sure why it would need to sync up with anything at all unless you planned to build around Tornado Kick every time it became available for use, which is just asking for trouble.

I never said it would be more punishing than it is now. I was weighing it against the obvious alternatives.

I'm saying said that it would have to be balanced around constant uptime because so many fights provide it, and, being also defendant on constant uptime, would then penalize downtime.

Let's say you have two options" You can have:

(1) a 3 minute CD where every Coeurl skill reduces that CD by an amount equal to your GCD, averaging out to roughly one minute skipped per that CD or an effectively 2-minute refresh rate, or
(2) you could just have a 2-minute refresh rate, baseline.

The difference is simply that the latter still sees that buff even when you're not attacking, be it between pulls or when forced out of melee range. Option (1) cannot exceed Option (2) in maximum strength, because many fights do allow for 100% uptime, but Option (2) can outperform Option (1) in any of the fights where that is not the case, and can feel like a QoL boon during leveling or dungeons.

Simpler can often be better. Complexity where no actually additional control is offered, is not added difficulty or means for skill-gap; it's simply the opposite of convenience, and (however slightly) diminishes other areas of control.

tl;dr: We'd be better off just shaving that bonus off the actual CD, rather than via some combat-dependent mechanic.