The state of Monk in Shadowbringers (long)

[silverdragontyr]

I agree with pretty much everything you said. What further infuriates me of ShB Mnk is not only did they neuter our abilities as well as keeping RoF slowdown, they removed a large chunk of Sks without melding. Some may view this as a temporary/armor preference but what this ends up meaning is new additional stack of GL doesn't add any speed over SB. It also doesn't add any damage due to not allowing FoF. It does require a fourth stack to build and take longer to reach max power. So what's the point?

What I want from Mnk, what I've wanted since I started playing this game in 1.0 is for Mnk to feel fast. I remember back getting good level 50 gear and thinking "Wow if we stack Sks, in the future Mnk can become a real monster for attack speed." As we can see, that never came to pass. We're level 80 now. I want progression to feel like progression. I want to go from playing other DPS to Mnk and feel the difference.

My Lv.60 Sam with 500 Sks has a GCD of 2.41. My Lv.80 (i411) Mnk with a Sks of 1500 has a GCD of 2.39 which can get down to 1.8-1.9 with four stacks of GL. Mind you this is where I was in SB with 3 stacks. Mnk at max stacks now should have close to double the attack of speed of other DPS. They are meant to be the embodiment of speed. Mind you we also have to maintain those stacks and if they drop it's a far harsher punishment than any other class.