Nobody has ever said something against opinions, but a lot of arguments against positionals are inconsistent or made by ppl without much experience / who don´t even try.
- There are claims like "positionals don´t bring anything to the gameplay". But imagine there are a lot of players who like them and would miss them, because it´s atleast a small challenge and a bunch of movement in an 98% braindead and static game. Of course MNK needed a new mechanic, but that doesn´t mean, that positionals should go away, even if those are only 2 imo. They do bring much more to the gameplay then pressing 123 over and over again to fill a gauge until you can press 4.
- Then you´ve claims like "positionals are easy to play". So why does ppl don´t get used to them so easily? I´ve never got an answer on this, the reason seems obvious.
- Or "i hate playing positionals". Fine... but MNK has always been about them. Why don´t you pick another class? "Because i like some aesthetics."
But in the next moment: "MNK has no finisher and need better aesthetics".
And ok, why don´t you just ignore positionals then? They´re not needed in any content out of savage / ultimate. -> Still no answer on this and guess what? I can easily spy such guys and know, that they don´t even play the endgame and are not even good players, for sure.
- Lately someone special here was like "get ride of positionals pls" too, but in the next self-made thread he´s asking "what´s the purpose of anatman". Really? Does it sounds experienced or something?
Or the same guy is like "I hate positionals on MNK, but love them on DRG." Sooooo... play Dragoon?!
- Or like we´ve seen in this thread, ppl have never really played, tried or did math, tested stuff, whatever... but let´s claim that MNK positionals are irrelevant, because it´s only a 5% damage loss. Like what?
And even if that would be a thing, what in gods name hinders you to ignore them, when they´re useless anyway in your eyes?
Maybe you´ve some answers?
Nobody will say something against an opinion, but stuff like this doesn´t make sense. Such ppl just spread false informations or lie on purpose, just to find some arguments against positionals, which doesn´t show "i´m a bad player, i´m lazy".
I´ve never seen any MNK main complain like "We don´t want new mechanics."
It was needed. But what we want is that ALL positionals should stay as they are imo. And of course it would be kind to get a new and UNIQUE mechanic and not just the Meikyo Mudra we´ll get with blitz. 6.0 MNK will be more similar to other melees and will be easier to play. Even then... i wouldn´t be surprised, that the same ppl show up like "bäääh MNK", "bäääh positionals" in endwalker.
The acceptance of ppl, who don´t like anything about a class in this game, is a joke. I dislike SMN and DNC the most for a bunch of reasons, but do i complain about it? Do i want to get them changed for my own favor? No, i just don´t play them, unless i want to get an achievement or so. My better half for example is playing healer only, because everything else is either too boring or doesn´t match her playstyle. Does she complain? No... and so do millions of players, who can accept that a game has to offer different stuff for different ppl. SE needs to stop to cater the ignorance of some lefthanded players out there, seriously.