Monk: Fists of Earth change request

[justinjarjar]

Why? Just keep as is you can stance dance to FoE if you get hit by an aoe by accident. No other reason beyond maybe soloing to use it. Offtanking is already done by a second tank for 8 man, why do we need a third tank?

[Nektulos-Tuor]

Why? Just keep as is you can stance dance to FoE if you get hit by an aoe by accident. No other reason beyond maybe soloing to use it. Offtanking is already done by a second tank for 8 man, why do we need a third tank?

Its not meant to be something you use or rely on. Its a pinch thing, in case one of the off tanks goes down. You can become a semi-tank and tank it.

If a monk uses its parry and buffs he can probably tank pretty well for a good thirty seconds.

[Aiselia]

Offtanking is already done by a second tank for 8 man, why do we need a third tank?

Not all of everybody's in-game time is spent in 8-mans.

[Elanshin]

However, this is when Fist of Earth is getting used and the absolute best monks will use Fist of Earth to survive things in a pinch.

The other thing to note is that if your tank dies in anything outside of 8 man content it is because of a two things usually:
1) He pulled too much and the healer can't keep him alive (in which case you'll get clobbered within a couple of seconds anyways)
2) Healer went AFK (in which case, you will also die within a few seconds as well)