Thread: Monk 3.0 CHAKRA UNLEASHED

I don't understand anyone thinking they'll lower the bonus of Greased Lightning. There's no reason to think that. Monk brings similar single target damage to dragoon, but dragoon brings DPS utility so they in the end are stronger on the DPS front. All of monk's utility is defensive so unless you also think they are going to nerf dragoon DPS in some way be it utility or direct then there's no sense in even thinking that SE is going to nerf monk. Lets also not forget that SE doesn't exactly nerf often either. They are more prone to throwing out buffs to bring classes up. Obviously nerfs happen sometimes, but not often.

I honestly don't really care for any changes to GL myself. I'd rather see some other aspects of monk become more enticing or meaningful. However, I guess a small change to GL would be the easiest way rather than retuning abilities.

Originally Posted by Dervy

Synergy!

This. I've been saying this for a long time. Y does no one love us. It's quite evident that blunt debuff should have been tacked onto DRK. Granted that would make PLD even less desireable which is probably part of SE's descision making.

Also can anyone tell me how to move my character liek in this video. Apparently a lot of JP MNKs use this type of movement and I can't find anything glaringly obvious in the settings to allow it.
http://www.twitch.tv/lucrezia_alex/c/6506242
Best example is around 1:55 when he moves into the tower.

Originally Posted by GageRage

Target lock + legacy causes a back peddle and also there's no camera shift to signify the use of target lock.

Watch him run around the boss. He's definitely got target lock on at points.

Edit - Watched it closer, you're right. No clue then.

Originally Posted by GageRage

This. I've been saying this for a long time. Y does no one love us. It's quite evident that blunt debuff should have been tacked onto DRK. Granted that would make PLD even less desireable which is probably part of SE's descision making.

Also can anyone tell me how to move my character liek in this video. Apparently a lot of JP MNKs use this type of movement and I can't find anything glaringly obvious in the settings to allow it.
http://www.twitch.tv/lucrezia_alex/c/6506242
Best example is around 1:55 when he moves into the tower.

I've been told that some JP players have a script they can use that will allow them to back pedal still getting Auto Attacks for their targets. This is probably what he is doing. At first I thought he was using the Demolish Animation to keep himself facing the target but you can turn your character during the animation so this isn't the case.

Probably something to do with /facetarget spamming.

Originally Posted by duceTRE

I remember someone a few pages ago talking about A3s and as a MNK if you didn't have a certain amount of Skill Speed, our GL would fall off. Maybe this is part of why we are getting a duration increase. It's nice to hear that buffs and adjustments are coming, but I feel that a potency increase isn't necessarily needed imo. But either way I like discussion so far. =)

That was me. If you apply the Second or Third ToD (I forget which one it is, the last one before he goes into hand phase). You might get stuck in Courel Form during the transformation ( Which is a guaranteed GL3 Lost) if you don't have enough SS or you don't queue up pretty much every single attack in the first phase. To combat this and insure you don't get stuck in Courel Form there is a minimum SS you'll probably want to make sure this doesn't happen. I go into AS3 with nothing less of 600 SS but I think above 580 and you should be fine.

making gl last longer is retarded, (basically they are just compensating for 3.0 grease lightning changes and making gl work like pre 3.0 where the buff applied after the animation rather than at the start) as well as why give us so many damn utlity options when they themselves see the issue that losing gl is a horrible thing and the new skills should have been revolved around keepign them aka purification 1 min cooldown extend duration of grease lightning by 15 seconds rather than losing them also tornado kick fail.... but lets all petition put axe kick into a real skill in pve and all our woes are over