Quote Originally Posted by IruruCece View Post
This is basically the exact scenario I was worried about when I was raging in the "monks need to be nerfed, change my mind" threads that were cropping up in the weeks before the patch dropped. We got a hilariously dumb nerf that doesn't really change how we play very much, and we're still left with mechanical issues that have existed for years on top of the garbage that was introduced with Shadowbringers. And they did it most likely because the damage we do "looks fine."

SE basically refuses to actually look at how the class is played and how its buttons actually interact with each other beyond the basic rotation, which has pretty much been the way it is from the beginning. They feign concern about button bloat, and do nothing meaningful to solve that issue with monks, because we still have portions of our kit that we flat out ignore or barely use most of the time because there is no mechanical incentive or benefit to do so, or the use cases for them are exceedingly limited. We're a job that has an emphasis on positionals, but now we have the means to completely ignore them for significant portions of time, something I have never once thought to myself was even necessary.

It feels like they've tried to make this job appeal to people who don't even like it to begin with, and all they've managed to do is tick off people who have stuck with it years despite SE's demonstrable neglect of the job beyond touching our potencies.
I am starting to think a whole new balance dev team is necessary. They keep screwing it up. A team that plays both pro level and casual. This is getting embarrassing. Every patch is a wait to see who got OP and which class got gutted. There's also always 1 class that had their guts shoved back in wrong and sewed up poorly only to never be the same again. Entire classes forgotten for multiple patches because "reasons." They need to do better. They need to actually experience these classes on the pro and casual levels. Not just pro! This balancing performance is very sub-par. If they can't handle it, get someone who can. Stop doing things poorly, and get someone who can do things correctly. Embarrassing, just embarrassing.

I appreciate what they do with music. (very good!) I appreciate they are trying to have some semblance of a story. (not shakespeare, but beggars can't be choosers in this market) But for god's sake, get someone to balance your gameplay for you. SE, you obviously can't handle it.

And I am not even going to touch on that pure molten, raging, absolute dumpster fire that is PVP. (No offense to those who enjoy it. More power to you.)