Updated Thoughts on MNK. pt. 1: Form Shift

[Silver-Strider]

Just like above poster said.
Would be nice but not nescessary.
The true QOL for mnk right now is shorter riddle of earth's cooldown.

You spelt Perfect Balance Wrong.

Honestly, there are a lot of QoL fixes for MNK that could be applied.
Simply doing away with form timers alone would be a godsend as that would eliminate the whole stance dancing pre-pull as you just hit it 3 times and are solid until the pull.
Extending the duration of GL in general would also greatly help as there'd be less need for maintenance skills like Riddle of Earth to even exist. Barring this, having Riddle of Earth apply the GL refresh both on activation and on hit would be a welcome alternative.

[Kahnom]

You spelt Perfect Balance Wrong.

Honestly, there are a lot of QoL fixes for MNK that could be applied.
Simply doing away with form timers alone would be a godsend as that would eliminate the whole stance dancing pre-pull as you just hit it 3 times and are solid until the pull.
Extending the duration of GL in general would also greatly help as there'd be less need for maintenance skills like Riddle of Earth to even exist. Barring this, having Riddle of Earth apply the GL refresh both on activation and on hit would be a welcome alternative.

Perfect Balance's cooldown will never be reduced.Same as the slow pace from Riddle of Fire,I mean if they're gonna fix it,it should be done by now.But there is a possibility for ROE's cooldown to get reduced in the future patch,I just try to be realistic here.
Either they're gonna fix it or not,You still need to adjust yourself sooner or later and I'm sure all main monks are already do just that.

[Xau]

and I'm sure all main monks are already do just that.

yes, by maining other job

[Kahnom]

yes, by maining other job

Then that only means they don't actually love the job.

[LeeraSorlan]

Then that only means they don't actually love the job.

If i eat chocolate cake for 3 years, and i love that chocolate cake, and then suddenly they remove the chocolate icing and replace it with literally poo. im not gonna eat that chocolate cake anymore, im going to go find a new better cake.

a cake i used to love is now disgusting, and i no longer have the desire to eat it. it doesnt mean i didnt love the cake, it means they ruined it so much that the cake is no longer for me

[EllieShadeflare]

If i eat chocolate cake for 3 years, and i love that chocolate cake, and then suddenly they remove the chocolate icing and replace it with literally poo white chocolate. im not gonna eat that chocolate cake anymore, im going to go find a new better cake.

a cake i used to love is now disgusting not to my taste, and i no longer have the desire to eat it. it doesnt mean i didnt love the cake, it means they ruined changed it so much that the cake is no longer for me

You could have worded that a lot better without invalidating players' opinions on the matter. I mean... if you want change, you have to be persuasive, not combative.

[Kahnom]

If i eat chocolate cake for 3 years, and i love that chocolate cake, and then suddenly they remove the chocolate icing and replace it with literally poo. im not gonna eat that chocolate cake anymore, im going to go find a new better cake.

a cake i used to love is now disgusting, and i no longer have the desire to eat it. it doesnt mean i didnt love the cake, it means they ruined it so much that the cake is no longer for me

Say what you want but in the end you only have 2 options.
1) Standstill and keep "Hoping" that someday things will change.
OR
2) Move forward by Embraces everything the game throwing at you.
Adapt , Adjust and Evolve yourself along with the job you love.

Your call.

[Svabodnik]

Say what you want but in the end you only have 2 options.
1) Standstill and keep "Hoping" that someday things will change.
OR
2) Move forward by Embraces everything the game throwing at you.
Adapt , Adjust and Evolve yourself along with the job you love.

Your call.

If bard's Wanderer's Minuet changes from 3.X to 4.X have anything to show, enough noise about class changes the players don't like may eventually change it, so 1) isn't as much of a dead end as you suggest it to be. Reason for that being is there actually is an option - 3) Play another game if this one stops being fun. Considering the players are paying customers, SE would prefer it if the players didn't take this option.