Quote Originally Posted by ZyrinMisharuji View Post
See, I won't say it was a mistake to add into the game because it was designed as a way to recover GL stacks, and therefore make TK more usable, but we saw ways to optimize it. Then they gave Form Shift QoL and then it took away like half of what Anatman does (preserve GL stacks). And then we get to now... Just, it feels awful but it's still better than PB (In terms of DPS, not in terms of comfy).
On the contrary, I'd argue it wasn't implemented to make TK more useable because of all the other design decisions around Monk in Shadowbringers . The devs actively hamstrung Monks Greased Lightning recovery in Shadowbringers to stop us from using it by doubling PB's recast time and removing Tackle Stacks. I'd posit that stack upkeep during down phases was the goal, and presumably the GL building aspect of it was to let Monk still have some means of recovering its stacks after they kneecapped our ability to do so. Rotationally its no more possible than it was in Heavensward or early Stormblood because Anatman builds your stacks so slowly you're guaranteed to be missing GCDs.