The Monk Temple Reborn

[Butcherboy]

So what's hard about form shift? I'm only lvl 51

[Mitsi]

So what's hard about form shift? I'm only lvl 51

Not hard, just not as useful as expected ( to me anyways ), even with it you're still most likely to lose stacks just because GL doesn't last long enough on it's own. It's basically good for 1 stack > DK at a start of a fight. Helps a little bit with dungeon trash unless you have a tank with a GOGOGO mentality, as well as in raids when the boss comes back down.

I'm a bit disappointed with what we got compared to the other 2 melees, I'm thinking our saving grace is going to be skill speed. Every single crafted new weapon on MB has it, maybe a sign lol

[Phireblast]

What's an optimal time to pop FC? Anytime during a dps race with all of your relevant buffs present?

EDIT: Also, does Elixer Field benefit from DK? It REALLY looks like it doesn't but you never know.

EDIT 2: Apparently for some aesthetically retarded reason, it does..I guess beams do blunt damage in this game.

[Shincrimson]

An optimal time to pop FC would be when your buffs are up, as you won't be using it that much and it doesn't have a cool down

[NanashiNaito]

anyone else feel like they should let you charge chakra faster outside of battle =(

[Aeliott]

Haaaa-DOUKEN!!! Best move in the game!

Also, spamming Meditation between pulls is getting old quick, but I can live with it. The new GL timings however...bleh. Is it me or is it impossible to retain GL3 after using LB3?

[CGMidlander]

Haaaa-DOUKEN!!! Best move in the game!

Also, spamming Meditation between pulls is getting old quick, but I can live with it. The new GL timings however...bleh. Is it me or is it impossible to retain GL3 after using LB3?

It looks more like a miniature flare breath to me.
But yeah, I love Elixir

[Arkenne]

is it impossible to retain GL3 after using LB3?

Yes, the animation is just way too long, use TK before LBing either for 2 or 3, it is still possible to sustain it with LB1 tho... maybe...

[Craiger]

What's the problem about GL timings now? Honest question, I don't understand...

GL applies earlier than before, but that doesn't make you lose it easier, because you will reapply it earlier too... So it's exactly the same.

Gonna be interesting to see the results of all jobs at 60. Going to take a while, since there have been changes to stats etc too. I wonder how MNK is holding up to the other jobs now... In a very specific fight where you have an advantage with Chakra stacks etc, I could see MNK being good, but looks like they will fall behind on a lot of fights.

Elixir Field is a high potency attack with low CD, so that might give us more than I think, but that's a pretty bad way to make up for the other lackluster abilities.

Players are already getting lower DPS with MNK on a dummy, because they parse too short fights, imagine all the arguments when MNK can't get high enough DPS on a dummy, because there are no downtime....

[Aiyza]

What's the problem about GL timings now? Honest question, I don't understand.......

If you used the lvl 50 opener, it's now easier for GL3 to fall off. So either monks need a different opener or more skill speed At 384 skill speed, I have one sec left before I get to the last skill of my opener to refresh GL3. Before xpac, I had a few seconds. Plus if you have to move away from boss or boss disappears, you now have less time to get back and refresh your GL. I guess that's where FC comes into play.