Vocality of past monk problems

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Monk needed an extensive rework in Stormblood and they didn't give it one. Instead it got a kit of skills and traits that were ineffective, unpopular or both while keeping many of the skills it had that people considered useless or so overly niche as to be useless. It deserved a more extensive rework in Shadowbringers and didn't get it. But what’s got people so riled up now is that the devs acknowledged that people hated Stormblood Monk and then didn’t change anything about it. Fundamentally, Shadowbringers Monk is the same as Stormblood (4.0) Monk, with all of the problems still there or exacerbated. The devs said they were taking feedback, but it feels like the only feedback they heard was "We want GL4" and not to fix any of the manyfold problems that the jobs kit has.

For comparison, It’s like if they acknowledged that people hated Bowmage during Heavensward, said they had received feedback from Bards and talked about why Bards didn't like having cast times... and then kept it.

Add to that that Monks kit is a mess and that all of its new additions are lackluster or late to the game. Enlightenment for example is a great addition, but it should have been included in Monks kit in Stormblood so there was an AOE use for its gauge. The devs continue to add things to the Fist Stances even though there has never had a need for more than one of the Fist Stances at any given time. Monk continues to have an obscene number of niche or useless actions and skills even though Stormblood was the expansion where they were supposed to rectify that problem. And still it lacks basic quality of life. It has 5 skills designed around Greased Lightning upkeep to every other jobs 1-2 for keeping up their signature buff despite still being worse at keeping up. It still doesn't have a ranged poke, a back step, or a DPS neutral gap closer. We're still the only job that has only lost GCDs since the ARR rotation and gained none to our rotation.

The job has gotten shafted time and time again, this time was just the breaking point for the majority of people. I sincerely hope we don’t have to wait another 2 years until 6.0 for an overhaul when we’ve already been waiting for 2 after Stormblood.