Bootshine not critting (soloing as a pug)

[Lilyarel]

Welcome to the woes of monk soloing, where you should just forget you have any positionals at all

So unless the mob is doing an aoe I might as well not even bother?

[Slappah]

So unless the mob is doing an aoe I might as well not even bother?

That or if you stun them.

Otherwise just sit there and do your combos.

[Orangekun]

The window in which you can hit a mob from behind, if they're targeting you, is so tiny that it isn't worth trying to run through the mob repeatedly to make it happen.

You just have accept that Monks are supremely gutted in a solo scenario.

Monk is the only class I've leveled where I actually died for reasons other than accidentally pulling too many mobs. Paladin, Ninja, Scholar, Bard, Dragoon--no issues. The difference in DPS between a Monk that can benefit from its positional bonuses and who can't is so substantial that it makes me want to cry. I just solo everything as a Paladin in Sword Oath, since the DPS is still high but I can't be taken below 80% health.