The Monk Temple Reborn

[Ossom]

At first I thought Monk was getting the shortest end of the stick but lets look at things.

Speed and Crit rate are going to be huge bonuses for Monk that will probably outweigh every other class, except for maybe Bard (w/ Crit). At first we didn't stack Crit at all because of its ineffectiveness with Bootshine, but now it will boost bootshines damage, along with that, Internal releases 30% Crit rate increase might be a stronger buff than Drg's B4B and Raging Strikes now.

Along with that, I'm thinking Elixer drive might be the strongest new DPS skill that I've seen so far. 220 free Potency every 30 Seconds w/o counting buffs, and on multiple targets when possible.

I personally think Elixer Drive along with the new SS and Crit buffs are where Monks will shine, we don't need the flashy high DPS skills all these other classes are getting, we just need reliable, consistent damage like we've always had.

[Odowla]

I'm not sure if its % increase of Crit chance + Damage, or just Damage, the explanation is unclear. I guess we'll see, lol.

[Blackelement]

Yea the changes to crit and ss will be huge for monks imo. Dat 30% internal release.

Though don't forget determinations effect on auto attacks is being reduced, while its not gonna be a huge nerf (and effects everyone), doesn't this effect MNKs and NINs the most?

[Ricdeau]

If they removed the increase critical chance that would be pretty sad. 5% base crit is really low. You are right though the explanation is unclear and the wording can go either way. I'm hoping it means both.

[Kuroyasha]

Though don't forget determinations effect on auto attacks is being reduced, while its not gonna be a huge nerf (and effects everyone), doesn't this effect MNKs and NINs the most?

Yea it affects us, but with the SS reworking of dots combined with the crit change, I'm more like meh whatever on the det change lol

If they removed the increase critical chance that would be pretty sad. 5% base crit is really low. You are right though the explanation is unclear and the wording can go either way. I'm hoping it means both.

Aww my hype would come crashing down if it wasn't both on top of the det change. Wouldnt make sense though imo. Might as well call the stat Crit Hit Dmg and not Crit Hit Rate in that case.

The wording for Skillspeed is the same with the "now affects....", but SS still affects the gcd, just in addition to the effects in the notes. I assume the same with Crit.

[Eardstapa]

For a baseline assumption, we'll believe 100 in the crit stat will increase the chance by 1%, and damage by maybe .5%; Or both will be 1%, no one can say until we get those few that rush to end game ASAP... No point speculating now, when we will see shortly!

[Ricdeau]

Aww my hype would come crashing down if it wasn't both on top of the det change. Wouldnt make sense though imo. Might as well call the stat Crit Hit Dmg and not Crit Hit Rate in that case.

The wording for Skillspeed is the same with the "now affects....", but SS still affects the gcd, just in addition to the effects in the notes. I assume the same with Crit.

I would also assume it means both. If they removed the increase to critical chance then crit wouldn't be all that great considering they are trying to balance the scales with secondaries it wouldn't make any sense. If it does effect both then crit might be the new go to secondary for a lot of classes though. We'll just have to see how much they change det, and what is actually changing on crit.

[Kanti]

It'll be both. "Critical hit rate" is just becoming "Critical" that affects rate and power of critical hits. Abilities like Internal Release will probably still just increase the rate, but your stat values will be what augments the damage.

[Ricdeau]

That's my thinking on it as well.

[SunnyHirose]

On a careful re-read in two languages, it does appear the wording means the stat will affect both rate and damage.

So, we have our work cut out for us huh :S