The Monk Temple Reborn

[Craiger]

How much lag are we talking about for pots to not clip GCD? I'm using WTFast Premium with a extremely stable 105-110 ping, and I still clip into the GCD... Not by much mind you, but it's still noticeable.

Either you must have like <80 ping for it to work, or it's just something else weird...

[Odowla]

How much lag are we talking about for pots to not clip GCD? I'm using WTFast Premium with a extremely stable 105-110 ping, and I still clip into the GCD... Not by much mind you, but it's still noticeable.

Either you must have like <80 ping for it to work, or it's just something else weird...

In the Low skillspeed video I posted, I Was NOT using a VPN Program. Just Spam the buttons really hard.

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Sure, but later - off to bed for me.

[clnseat]

Sure, but later - off to bed for me.

Thanks! I was off to bed myself when I stumbled across your posts last night.


Which is probably why I didn't see you tell someone what it was under the reply section on your Opener video lol, though I do notice on one you do ToD before PB and on the other you don't use ToD.

[Dervy]

Either you must have like <80 ping for it to work, or it's just something else weird...

Most Americans have sub 50ms ping. Same reason why JP Nin > NA Nin > EU Nin.

[alvisto]

Not sure i am doing it right or wrong.
I followed the rotation of PB -> demo -> snap -> snap -> snake -> DK, with oGCD + poison potions + self buff + X-pot in between. The dps i get max is only 470-480. D: T.T
When u guys mentioned DPS, do you mean the max DPS u can see from live parse, or just the one value that is shown after 3 minutes finish ?

BTW, i am ilvl 123 with shiva weapon + food buff T.T

[Ossom]

@Alvisto, the final value. Anything else is irrelevant, people might mention their spike damage too when they discuss openers. But you should definitely be hitting more than 470 at iLv123 with Shiva Weapon.

To give you some perspective, my monk would parse on a dummy ~465 at iLv110 with HA Claws/Shiva Weapon.

One thing to keep in mind is that your opener isn't the biggest part of your DPS. Making sure you get GL3 off of PB immediately is the biggest gain in your Opener, anything else after that is counting pennies to maximize even the smallest amount of dps possible.

You should be able to break 500 at ilv123 on a dummy.

Make sure you're not overclipping you're dots.

Make sure you're getting all your Auto Attacks in.

Make sure you are keeping Dragon Kick Debuff up and Twinsnakes up (They should never fall off).

I've talked to Monks who would clip Demolish every other rotation. (Snap > Demo > Snap > Demo) Make sure you're not doing that, if you are, stop. This is a huge DPS lost.

Keep Touch of Death up, no matter what people say, its pretty freaking good Potency, just a small TP drainer.

[alvisto]

I actually read through this thread opener's summary
I managed to get 490 on a dummy with food buff, shiva weapon and ilvl 123.

Wish to ask a few questions though
1. Read before that if Demo is still more than 5sec, dont overclip it.
2. Gear stat should i aim for more determination or more critical hit rate provided that i cap my accuracy.
3. Strength primary stat of ilvl 130 vs crated penta-meld ilvl 110 gear. I know there's a lot of discussion around about this, but i hope to refresh my presepctive and get some new opinion on it. ^^
4. What is the minimum skillspeed requirement to do a 5 GCD for a PB ?

Thanks <3

[Elkya95]

4. What is the minimum skillspeed requirement to do a 5 GCD for a PB ?

I have no skill speed on my gear at all and get in 5 gcd's.

[Craiger]

So what do you guys think about the AF2 gear and the weapon?

First thing I thought when I saw it was that I thought the gear looked pretty good, not the best I've seen, but I'm happy with it... But the best thing of all was the weapon IMO, I hate all the "claws" for MNK in this game, and I was happy that they went with a more blunt weapon. I know there are spikes all over that thing, but I would still classify it as a blunt weapon kinda... It's like if you had brass knuckles with spikes on the end, it would still be brass knuckles, not claws.

From what I've heard so far though, people have different opinions on the gear (as with every jobs set so far), but I haven't heard anyone liking the weapons D: Am I the only one?

[CGMidlander]

So what do you guys think about the AF2 gear and the weapon?

I don't particularly like any of the weapons except the PLD one. That one looks awesome.
As for the armor, I like the BRD one the most. Poor SCHs...yikes...

I know it's weird for claws to make a blunt punching sound when attacking, but aesthetically I actually like claws.