Quote Originally Posted by guardin View Post
if they just took the slowdown off monk, decreased the damage of riddle of fire and add a speed buff instead, and just let the class go crazy with speed (like 1.5 gcd) we would be happier. we got cool skills this xpac but the slowdown and speed ups just makes monk feel like a clumsy untrained martial artist that is tripping over his own feet.
not really, the slowdown on riddle of fire is not why the current monk feels less entertaining than before the expansion. Because the slowdown was already there. and we didn't really get cool stuff, we got an extra aoe, which we wouldn't have needed, the main aoe limiter was tp, in a large pull youd generally spam rock breaker, and most things would be dead.

skills to help with gl management, after they removed gl management tools. Bootshine buff, to replace 10% damage buff, that's probably the most interesting new mechanic

there's not enough synergy/interaction/combos in the class any more.

but everyone has their own vision of what the class needs

the job has a lack of in