The Monk Temple Reborn

[soulz]

From the looks of it, MNK only add 1 elixir drive to their normal rotation (every 30sec).
I also wonder what is the potency of Forbidden Chakra, since they already bring down Tornado Kick to 330....I kinda doubt it will stay at 400 pot.

If Chakra is a GCD, then i don't think we will use Forbidden Chakra unless boss about to jump for quite some time.
Now i kinda hope Shoulder Tackle changes to what 1.0 used to be....remove the range requirement.

[Craiger]

If Mediation(Chakra) is GCD, then it seems kinda lackluster IMO... Cool abilites, and I'll still play MNK, but it would be like a love hate relationship with downtime... You want it to get chakra stacks and have an advantage over NIN/DRG, but you still want to keep hitting the boss and get that high sustain DPS.

MNK could easily fall behind on DPS in some fights by the looks of things... Have to see how that plays out in the end, but doesn't look good. If Meditation is GCD that is ofc.

EDIT: What I mean is that all jobs are getting increased damage to their rotations in the expansion, but MNK wouldn't get much increase to their core rotation.

[PROBOUND]

Isn't Tornado Kicks Potency (330) Multiplied by GL3? Wouldnt that make it roughly 420-500 potency after GL3 is calculated?

[soulz]

Isn't Tornado Kicks Potency (330) Multiplied by GL3? Wouldnt that make it roughly 400-500 potency after GL3 is calculated?

It also weaker than new demolish full duration now. So the possibility of using Tornado Kick if no PB up is none.

[Zamii]

It also weaker than new demolish full duration now. So the possibility of using Tornado Kick if no PB up is none.

actually when you consider dragon kick wont affect demo DoT, then TK will still be stronger, but not by much.

[Evtrai]

Isn't Tornado Kicks Potency (330) Multiplied by GL3? Wouldnt that make it roughly 420-500 potency after GL3 is calculated?

Isn't GL3 the requirement to use the skill?

I'm not really liking what I'm reading so far, none of this skills seems that would be used reliably on a fight, unless the new fights are plagued with jump mechanics or such, I have been trying to think of instances were chakra is worth using when you are up close to any fight and nope. There doesnt' seem to really be anything that adds to your rotation that is new besides elixir drive, which is pretty dissapointing.

Hopefully I'm wrong, I want to be wrong and proved wrong.

[CouchOne]

Isn't GL3 the requirement to use the skill?

YES

I'm not really liking what I'm reading so far, none of this skills seems that would be used reliably on a fight, unless the new fights are plagued with jump mechanics or such, I have been trying to think of instances were chakra is worth using when you are up close to any fight and nope. There doesnt' seem to really be anything that adds to your rotation that is new besides elixir drive, which is pretty dissapointing.

Hopefully I'm wrong, I want to be wrong and proved wrong.

Same thoughts here. If we could weave Meditation, all the changes would make sense, even Purify not consuming stacks because of the long cooldown.

OnGCD though, it becomes "stack before pull, never use again" most of the time, which is VERY disappointing. I guess we'll know for sure soon.

[Ricdeau]

One would assume that Torando Kick will have the benefits of GL3 before consuming, but we won't know for sure until tomorrow. Now to wait in anticipation.

[PROBOUND]

So would Elixir Drive be effected by GL3 then? Was so hyped about the MNK changes but now it seems as though MNK got the short end of the stick in terms of class changes. Assuming a high uptime fight theres nothing really new to add

The only saving grace i can think of would be mega potency Forbidden Chakra (500+) considering it will get such limited usage.

[soulz]

So would Elixir Drive be effected by GL3 then? Was so hyped about the MNK changes but now it seems as though MNK got the short end of the stick in terms of class changes. Assuming a high uptime fight theres nothing really new to add

The only saving grace i can think of would be mega potency Forbidden Chakra (500+) considering it will get such limited usage.

Every ability should affected by GL3...If they make Shoulder Tackle back to 1.0, i can see we weave Shoulder Tackle into rotation.