RIP MNK 1.x - 5.x

[Navnav]

The real problem is that they made a compromise. This compromise is probably single handedly the WORST thing they could of done. They only took positionals off two of their GCDs. Either leave all of them there or take them all off except for bootshine and dragon kick.
The people that love them, will hate losing two, the people that hate them will hate that they only removed two. Screwed themselves over big time. The biggest decision they had I believe is the positionals, if they screwed that up they would alienate current and potential players of the Job, which they did, so RIP.

Edit: Just went to do a rotation without using the True Strike and Twin Snake positionals, and guess what? Absolutely makes ZERO difference. Because you will still do positionals for two of your abilities every 3 hit combo, you are mostly already in the correct position for them anyway. The change makes absolutely no difference to anything. If you like the positionals, breathe. Nothing really changed. If you don't like the positionals, suffer, because nothing really changed.

To be fair, after more testing, it leaves you on the flank a LOT more often. After a bootshine, you can be on the fnak for 2-3-1-2-3. quite literally.
So basically only use True Strike from the rear if you have to apply Deomolish, otherwise always use from flank. Only use Twin Snakes from the Rear if you need to apply demolish after, usually in opener. This leaves you with a smoother positional rotation, and it is kind of actually nice for those of us who didn't like the monk positionals.
And for those that loved the positionals, essentially nothing really changes. Unless it is just to moan for the sake of moaning (no offense btw).