Monk 6.1 job question

[cjbeagle]

How is it at 90?

How do you feel about the idea of basically having no OGCDs? If that sounds terrible, you probably won't like it.

They took away the Tempest Kick and Elixir Field OGCDs that we used to have and turned them into blitz finishers instead, so now you get to use those abilities far less often than before and to use them you have to do the whole Beast Chakra routine, which I find more annoying than engaging, and then when you finally do use them, they're on the global now, so the only damaging OGCD you have to look forward to is The Forbidden Chakra from filling up your normal chakra gauge, which happens much less frequently than I'd like. (EDIT: Oh yeah, they also took away most of the positionals, so if you enjoyed that gameplay, well, it's gone.)

Personally, I hate 6.0+ monk - it's incredibly monotonous, and due to lack of OGCDs, feels surprisingly slow despite Greased Lightning.

That said, you should try it out in Crystalline Conflict - it's an absolute blast.

One of the biggest problems with 6.0+ monk in PVE is that you only get to do something cool once every 40s, whereas in PVP you do a blitz finisher every 7th attack.

Hilariously enough, PVP monk also has an OGCD that buffs your next attack by 50%, so you use that before your blitz. They stole Kaiten from PVE samurai and gave it to PVP monk. =/