Quote Originally Posted by jerome15 View Post
The 2.0 base gcd is taking GL into account. reduce 2.5 by 20% and it's 2.0. i feel ya on the giving up on monk. I just returned a couple months ago kinda hyped for the endwalker changes since they actually added stuff after gutting the class for shadowbringers, but it just seems like it's more gutting to make it slightly flashier



except the blitz system is actually taking more away. you're using pb as you normally would but only doing 3 skills instead of 5, 2 of your 3 blitzes will be doing your gcd combos as normal where the 3rd is only repeating the same form button and then just using a gcd finisher, but we lost two ogcd's and 4 out of 6 positionals.
Previous PB spammed two skills to expend 6 stacks. It was brainless. PB can now utilize all skills within a given form, and awareness has to be placed on which ones you do use due to the Nadi, and the skills locked behind them. We can also use PB every 40s, instead of 90s. How this can be seen as taking away from MNK is beyond my comprehension.

Losing Shoulder Tackle as an oGCD is welcomed. I won't pretend to not be aware of how awkward most MNKs felt using this skill between GCDs. Calling it a "loss" now is moot. Tornado Kick was reallocated, and we now have Riddle of Wind to weave every 90s, which I believe will just "feel good' to use in between GCDs.

Also, correct me if I am wrong, but I believe SSS has been adjusted so it functions outside the GCD, but will place its recast on all skills meaning you can use it immediately after a GCD. If this is the case, it is also an improvement.