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    Shurrikhan's Avatar
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    Sep 2011
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    Character
    Tani Shirai
    World
    Cactuar
    Main Class
    Monk Lv 100
    Quote Originally Posted by Aeliott View Post
    For me personally, Monk changes have pushed it out of my upper-list. I still find it fun but processing the new thoughts I have to have after 6 years are really difficult. Might be a muscle memory thing but for now I feel like it's out of my reach.
    For me it's largely how punishing losing a single Dragon Kick/Leaden-Bootshine is now, though I guess it's just representative a larger issue I take with current Monk. Dragon Kick used to be something that one could situationally re-apply early if denied Bootshine positioning or let drop off just before the next DK or, in RoF, Demolish for only 15-22 direct potency lost (vs. an extra Bootshine and True Strike in window). Now it's effectively 425 potency due to Leaden Fist, with zero value in its early replacement. It just feels really off to have that kind of positional lenience that felt MNK-iconic replaced with just outright ignoring positionals as a mechanic for 30-50 seconds of every minute. There's no less lenience or creativity in positionals -- no position-less GCDs, no branching rotation options at minor costs that become potency gains in light of forced positionals -- replacing that aspect instead with alternation between mechanic and non-mechanic. Imho, that kind of change just sums up almost all the things wrong with our expansions' job adjustments over time.
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    Last edited by Shurrikhan; 08-22-2019 at 02:24 PM.