Can we get a ranged action for Monk please

[Masekase_Hurricane]

Sucks when you end up with a party of monks/pugilist and u need to walk in the room to attempt to pick off a couple of mobs.

Something like this would be nice



Ok picture is a joke, but all other dps have some sort of ranged pulling. Monk had Chi blast in FFXI which had an 18 yalm range.

[Rhaja]

We range ourselves.
Stone throw would also be acceptable

[Shurrikhan]

I'd really rather have even greater mobility rather than a ranged attack.

E.g. chance on hit, based on enemy %HP, to refresh Shoulder Tackle, but with a 10-yalm minimum range and 33% decreased damage on the target that procced the effect. (The original cooldown timer continues in the background, and the minimum range decreases and same-target damage increases proportionately.) Proc chance increased proporionately to increased movment speed (e.g. 30% higher proc chance in Fists of Wind).

[Aamalthea]

I have been saying this since 2.0 came out.

1.0 I specifically remember buying some sort of shuriken or something. It's not like it has to be something serious, pick up a rock off the gd ground. But this prevents the class from being damn near perfect imo. It's frustrating in potd when you get to a room first that's full and you stand there with your thumb up your butt because you don't feel like hurling yourself at the 15 mobs in the room.

[Alistaire]

[rxnin]

For ranged, Monk should get a ranged chakra/ki blast! Hopefully, Stormblood will bring this.

[SwarleyMcSwarls]

I'd had this thought in 2.0 but with form shift and meditate you have things to do when you are out of range and not able to attack. So instead of having a filler move like piercing talon and throwing daggers you can do the aforementioned moves to optimize your downtime and charge up or sustain your dps. Plus, you have a tiny bit of range on rockbreaker and even more on howling fist. So you do have some options. Plus, shoulder tackle has been buffed significantly from 2.0 to 3.0 so it is very useful for mobility.

With that said, I would be up for mobility like someone said. Or if they do add some range to make it an off gcd ability as to not negate the usefulness of having meditate and form shift while you are out of range.

*edit* Also, they have mentioned cutting down on limited use abilities. So the scenario when you have a group full of just monks and need to do a ranged pull is so limited I would be very surprised if they decided to add something just for that.

[Jonnycbad]

How about "Wave Punch/Vacuum Punch" or "Aura Blast/Chi Blast", which were MNK abilities from other FF games.

[FinalWolf]

DENJIN HADOKEN

[Khubla_Kha]

A return of Chi Blast (from XI) would be awesome.

I'd still rather see Simian Thrash come back first though. Needs more baby Asuran Fists.