Monk Needs a Complete Rework

[Eva-Shogouki]

And shouldn't have to wait 'til 6.0 or later to get it.

As much as I'd LOVE a Monk rework I'm not sure it's likely to happen during ShB.

[SpeckledBurd]

As much as I'd LOVE a Monk rework I'm not sure it's likely to happen during ShB.

It most likely isn't, there's a small chance for something in 5.3 but thats typically the point where they say that any changes will be delayed until the next expansion.

However to quote myself from earlier in the thread on this exact matter:

I don’t think Monk needs a full rework either, but waiting until 6.0 for any kinds of changes to Monks kit is literally making Monk wait two full expansions before there's a chance for the players to be satisfied with it. That's insane, especially when so many other jobs have gotten substantial changes in 5.1. Some might say that Monk has seen fixes already, but the 5.05 stuff only fixed a small handful of the problems with the job. They finally fixed the Riddle of Fire slow which is undeniably a good change, but it can't be forgotten that they for whatever reason intended to leave that in for 5.X until the playerbase expressed its displeasure. But largely it was just done to make Monk playable in dungeons with the Formshift changes, because 5.0 Monk in dungeons was miserable. Meanwhile 5.1 stuff flat out made one of the few remaining use cases for Anatman feel awful every time and by and large just reversed any goodwill 5.05 gave Monk.

The fact of the matter is Stormblood Monk was so disliked that the devs admitted that it was a misstep that dissatisfied people in all of the Shadowbringers prerelease press discussion that brought it up, and everything they produced for Monk on Shadowbringers Launch was even worse to the point where it was the worst received DPS by a huge margin. They're basically two full expansions behind with the job at this point and if it isn't a priority for them to fix it ASAP then it should be.