I don't quite follow the problem that everyone seems to have with the new skills. The main complaint i see is that our rotation hasn't changed, thing is, our rotation didn't need to change. Monk is about fast hard hits, and our rotation was already perfect for this. What monk lacked was maintenance, and we find that with the new skills. The second complaint is that we cannot use Form Shift and Meditation at the same time, and this is true. However, you can still gain at least 1-2 stacks of chakra in a disconnect while shifting to maintain GL. Third complaint, is there is no time to use meditation, i disagree; When a boss does a big circle aoe and you need to get out, meditate. When you have to run away to handle a mechanic, meditate. The way i see it, Form Shift and Meditation already has synergy, you use meditation in the shorter disconnects while form shift is reserved for longer disconnects. Just an example off the top of my head, with the first 2 bosses in the Aery they have a aoe under the boss, as well as a tether mechanic. When the AoE goes out, and you are running away, meditate. When you have to move the tether to a statue, form shift. I think any of the changes suggested in this thread would make monk way to strong, and throw the balance of power way out of whack. The proposed changes would effectively add 2 more oGCD skills, We would be able to use forbidden chakra every 32-33 seconds. 320 potency hit every 33 seconds, and on top of that people also want Tornado Kick at its original Potency. Thats another 150 potency(or so) gain every 60 seconds. This is just far to much added. Tl;dr Monk rotation wasn't changed, because monk rotation is perfect already.

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