Devs: A Monk front-facing combo. (Positional Requirement)

[Akamu_Aniketos]

It's very strange that Monks do NOT have a viable combo option to attack from the front. Attacking from the front leaves your Monk missing out on 40% DPS. Monks should be capable of dropping some hard-hitting hammers from the front! This is an outrage that Monks are only meant to play like thieves!

I feel robbed as a Monk for not being able to attack head on. Give Monks a front-facing combo for anytime we choose to solo a mob, or if we happen to hold a mobs attention. Please and thank you.


Example:

Before:
BS > TS > SP (Back + Flank combo)
Bootshine 150 Potency + 100% Critical Hit if from behind
Truestrike 190 Potency (Back)
Snap Punch 180 Potency (Flank)


After:
BS > TS > SP (Back + Flank combo)
Bootshine 150 Potency + 100% Critical Hit if from behind
Truestrike 190 Potency (Back)
Snap Punch 180 Potency (Flank)

New:
BS > TS > SP (Frontal combo)
Bootshine 150 Potency + 50% Critical chance if from front
Truestrike 170 Potency (Front)
Snap Punch 160 Potency (Front)

It's not game breaking, and not hard to implement. Incentive to attack from behind remains as the priority, but gives you an option for the front.

[Hrist_Althea]

1. You're not a frickin tank
2. DPSing from the front in Dungeons means you're a newb
3. You don't need massive DPS to solo.

That should about cover it

[Akamu_Aniketos]

1. I never said I wanted to tank.
2. What part of "If we happen to hold a mobs attention" do you not understand?
3. I want it as an option for instances were I have to fight an add and there is no mighty tank to hold it steady for me.

Creating an account just to attack my post; this forum is great.

[Hrist_Althea]

1. You don't need it
2. You don't need it
3. You don't need it

[Kripp]

eh, don't let Hrist Althea bug you. From my experience as monk being my main job and playing monk from day one. Were not really meant to attack mobs from the front. Even when I have to solo mobs its never bugged. I have always been able to get my job done without having to worry about max damage. Now when it comes to raids / dungeons. That's how this game was built. Monks were made to only attack from the rear or flank just like dragoons. And tanks were used to take the heavy blows. Monks are not made to tank mobs because they are a dps class not a tank class. If they wanted monks to tank then they would of had abilities that they could use to attack the mob head on. The reason for a dps class is to do tons of damage but not able to take many hits. That's the main reason why you don't attack mobs from the front. If your in front of a mob you will always get hit by a swipe attack of some sort.

[Hrist_Althea]

I'm pretty sure I said all of that already. I just used less words.

[Akamu_Aniketos]

A warped opinion from a warrior with a level 30 monk doesn't bother me at all. I am honored that he/she (and you) took the time to create an account just to post in my thread. /bow

When I started back in 1.0, you could attack from anywhere. They brought in the positional requirements near the end, and I never liked it. But I would be cool with it if I could attack from the front without a 40% DPS drop off.

Solo, small parties, duo, emergency kills, add ons from a boss; you get the point. It never sat well with me knowing that, for example: I need a choco tank to hold a mob for me in order to do decent damage to a mob.

[Kripp]

It sounds like you should roll a tank class. That way you can attack the mobs from the front as much as you like without losing dps. And you don't have to worry about switching from a rear, flank rotation like you would on a monk. And you won't need a choco tank because you will be tanking the mobs yourself. It sounds like a win win if you ask me.

[Hrist_Althea]

Yes, lets boil my opinion down to only having a level 30 monk on the character that you can see.
I will base mine on you wanting an already OP class to be even more OP.
So, again, you don't need it.

[Lebannen]

Monk does not need a front combo. We have haymaker for solo content which is very gimmicky. Just look at all the posts complaining about it. Besides that, if you had a combo that required you to hit from front you would most likely die before you could deliver the entire thing. Also about 1.0 we did not have combos in the beginning. As for my experience I have cleared all content on my monk.