Thread: 5.0 MNK Problems

I'm only 79, but I've been a monk main all my XIV life and the only 2 things I want changed is speed, AND atleast one more OGCD. Well that and make TK useful.. no not like the TK opener.. I mean like turn TK into an oGCD that DOESN'T kill my stacks. Let me have speed trait that'll start me off at SB speed and have the stacks speed me up from that point. It just sucks as at this point the only issue I have with monk is how slow I am until I hit GL4 and unless I'm in a nonstop fight... it doesn't last.

I would like to say something about TK's potency.

Apparently the tootip is wrong and hasnt been fixed at all and the potency is actually closer to 420 or something.
Just thought to have this out.

riddle of earth, anatman and SSS all solve the problem of GL retention w varying success

anatman is mostly fine (feels weird to use it in opener but w/e), SSS however feels clunky and slow due to it being on the GDC, clashing with your regular opo/raptor/couerl moves. If they adjusted the skill to an oGDC and maybe make it a disengage skill (like the backstep pvp move) it would get a lot more use

also the lack of skillspeed on gear despite RoF still giving us a slow debuff rustles my goddamn jimmies why would you do this

Before I was upset and annoyed with Mnk 5.0 so far. Giving us GL4 then nerfing a majority of our skill speed is honestly a slap in the face that gets me kind of mad. Just changing my belt, one piece; My GCD in GL4 went from 1.8 to 2.1. I'm about halfway thhrough the story I believe with il403 gear, I've been melding sks and still remain about 1.87 which I'm pretty sure is where I was in SB in il400 gear without GL4. I'm hopeful it will get better, but giving us an ability whose focus is to increase speed, then taking away our speed negating the ability is beyond foolish.

For those who want "more to do": How'd you feel about having meditation untied from our GCDs but forbidden and enlightenmenton a 30 second cd with the passive chakra generation trait being removed for Purification, wich grants max GL stack at a 120 sec cool down?
Gives us some buttons to press during our regular combo, more control over our Chakra stacks and a choice on how/if to spend them.

I do note that TK pot is technically wrong on the tool tip however even at 420 combo'd with SSS 400 - 820 POT to lose 4-3 GL stacks is completely not worth it.

I really think the biggest issue we have is we have a Gauge spender that feels awful, it feels awful not particularly because its underwhelming to use damage wise it is because we have no quick way of building our Gauge up again and our Gauge is far more important to our damage than any other Gauge in the entire game. They have moved almost all classes to Gauge gain then spend because as they stated themselves "It feels good" well we are stuck in MCH limbo where we have to maintain our gauge not as bad as MCH 4.x but with how much all the other Jobs evolved it feels that way especially since it is a step backwards from what we had previously.

Not only is building GL one of the biggest hurdles for Mnk entirely, back to TK remember this... it's not auto crit. The fact that BS auto-crits, now with LF boost almost completely invalidates TK. The ONLY time you would use it is if you KNOW you can end the fight with no future fights or you KNOW you will have 12 seconds downtime without any need to dodge to use Anatman to recover and only at 78+ content. That a pretty big freaking caveat on a subpar skill.

I also agree Chakra needs to be more ingrained into our kit. Honestly the meditation being on GCD needs to go away. It needs to be a straight skill. "When used gives meditation buff. You will recover Chakra ever few seconds while under the effect of mediation". Then add more ways to spend Chakra as well as spend before having max. I can't tell you the amount of times I've had 4 chakra in battle but don't want to use meditation to offset further WS use.

Forbidden Chakra - Delivers an attack with a potency of 75 for every chakra expended.

Crit Chakra - Increase critical hit rate by 5-10% for every chakra expended.

Speed Chakra - Increases overall attack speed by 2% for every chakra expended.

Random ideas off top of my head but you get the idea. Make Chakra an integral part of Mnks kit. Makes you judge more what is the best way to expend Chakra at any given moment.

Not sure what they can do with Chakra but it def feels lack luster to put mildly. Without IR even with 70% chance feels horrible, it is also another reason we NEED to prioritize BS over anything else because it is an auto crit. I barely see it as a move its something i get to use fairly infrequently throughout a fight at least the combo before with IR + Brotherhood it felt good.