Its ffxiv combat really so slow and boring?

[Sigma-Astra]

Relevant how? There something else more urgent to press?

Omg...you...STOP.

Clearly, you shouldn't be talking about Monk if you don't even play it or understand the class's rotation. The skill has been hot garbage for a loooooong time and every time SE tries to fix it and make it relevant, they make it worst.

How does this have anything to do with button consolidation? If One Ilm Punch is garbage, you don't press it. Was that so hard?

What I mentioned turns 9 buttons into 3. Where did I make the mistake? Where did it ruin Monk?

You're the one who suggested this, not me. Maybe stop deflecting and remember what you actually posted. If you're suggesting that One Ilm Punch needs to be part of a "button consolidation" for MNK, then clearly, the lack of knowledge that you have for the class is really telling here.

If Opo-Opo:

Bootshine, Dragon Kick, Arm of the Destroyer.

If Raptor:

True Trike, Twin Snakes, One Ilm Punch.

If Coeurl:

Demolish, Snap Punch, Rock Breaker.

Done. 3 buttons. Press the one you want.

Maybe you just need to learn some muscle memory with your controller or switch to keyboard and mouse. As another controller player, that's what I feel is your problem.

No MNK keeps One Ilm Punch on their bar at all, therefore you're already reducing one button by default because it's hot garbage.