The entire Idea behind monk makes no sense

[WeekendSoja]

Though we use weapons...I'm pretty sure if anyone got bludgeoned from behind, you'd be lucky to be alive? Lol almost like taking a hammer to the skull...

[Baguette9]

How many times have you been punched in the face tho?

[Jukebox12]

How many times have you been punched in the face tho?

15 times. I am 20 i broken all of my toes knuckles ribs nose atleast 15 times

[Alistaire]

Honestly though, PotD has shown if this game took out positionals altogether the game would be about as balanced as it currently is.

[Kabooa]

Almost all of monks abilities are increased potency from the back, or the flank, typically leading to you constantly punching your opponents from behind. Since when does being punched in the back of the head hurt even CLOSE to as much as being punched in the face?.

Pain doesn't equal harm.

Things can hurt a lot without causing harm (Like a slap).

Speaking practically, you have more trouble defending from your flanks or your rear than you do from your front.

[Zojha]

Speaking practically, you have more trouble defending from your flanks or your rear than you do from your front.

That is the basic idea behind the whole thing.

Hence, front has the highest accuracy cap (highest *miss* chance), followed by flank, then back - and magical defense has its own cap. Mobs IIRC have no parry, block or anything like that, so this is how it's represented on mobs. We as players can block and parry attacks from the front as well, but not attacks from the flank/rear.

[NasirILL]

you'll never truly be an actual Ala Mhigan MNK

My heart is broken.

[Shurrikhan]

Which brings up another interesting question. Why should healers be damage dealers? (o^.^)o

Edit: THIS IS SARCASM

(Noting the obvious and then outright explicit sarcasm, but)

It honestly makes a lot more sense to kill an enemy with a giant rock hurled at massive speeds than to punch it. How an Aero III somehow bleeds enemies evenly for an exact duration, however, I will never quite understand. >.>

Real life parallels will never, ever work out.

They can, to a fair extent, as long as there are explanatory undermechanics. But explanation is scarce here, and undermechanics (purposely) barebone.

Finally, the reason for the comparative lack of front-facing actions among DPS jobs is explained by game mechanics: unless you are the tank, facing mobs in party situations is intended to be dangerous and mostly undesirable.

Which just goes to show how much Monk has changed; its blinding face-punch move (since removed) used to require that we be in front of the target. The current Provoke design, too, was originally a Pugilist skill.

[ZioSerpe]

by the way, hitting a person in the spine is much more deadly than hitting a person in the thorax.

[Khubla_Kha]

We ride giant chickens that fly us around all over the place without ever tiring. Game doesn't make sense, please redesign this asap.