Monk Role needs Changes

[Sonya_Nillefrant]

I really like the way you think, ive held this same side of an arguement with a friend of mine. " introduce enough skills as u progress, not to use them all but to use what you want to use in order to make your play style unique, instead of being limited to the same set of skills all the time. Eventually enough skills are released that people would acknowledge that u cant use them all and set up different rotataiins for different situations, giveing more complexity and depth the the role, and a deeper identity to the class.

[Sonya_Nillefrant]

It's ok to have abilities that are not part of the "rotation". A good RPG has tons of them. Situational should be the rule, not the exception. You learn abilities to deal with situations. Learning abilities is part of personal progression which has been greatly damaged already. One Ilm Punch made perfect sense for a monk. It should be retuned in some form, even if it's just an additional stun. Abilities should not just show up and disappear because of patches, they should be learned on the journey or transformed through experience. Like so many games before they are treating classes/jobs are a series of mechanics and designing the game around tight balance. It's the e-sport mentality that should be foreign to the genre.

But unfortunately the monk actually has dead skills, none situational, anatman, six sided star and tornado kick have all been routed out due to changes in this expansion. Tornado kick due to how the riddles and shoulder tackle changed and anatman and six sided star due to the buff to form shift and the presence of perfect balance

[Rivxkobe]

HOWE COME THE MONK GOT THE SHORT END OF THE STICK HERE

Samurai is being shown sooooo much love

LMAO. Are you kidding?

You state you aren't a troll but then you come here with... this?

Monk was crazy buffed in 5.05. Its the second best DPS right now, after BLM, and there is no reason right now to take a SAM over a MNK (or DRG for the matter). Doesn't matter if it has "dead skills". It's ridiculously OP right now.

Just... lmao

[Sonya_Nillefrant]

LMAO. Are you kidding?

You state you aren't a troll but then you come here with... this?

Monk was crazy buffed in 5.05. Its the second best DPS right now, after BLM, and there is no reason right now to take a SAM over a MNK (or DRG for the matter).

Just... lmao

I can see you have no bias to this topic...but i digress. The only thing monk got was a quality of life change to form shift, which coincidentally cause anatman and six sided star to be completly obsolete, and the skill speed down off of riddle of fire, and a damage nerf to fist of fire( i think, could be wrong on this one). Altogether a slight buff, but only to skill speed and thats only while riddle of fire is active. Whatever crazy buff ur talking about is nonexistent. It was a band aid on a problem the devs seem to know nothing about.

[Daralii]

I can see you have no bias to this topic...but i digress. The only thing monk got was a quality of life change to form shift, which coincidentally cause anatman and six sided star to be completly obsolete, and the skill speed down off of riddle of fire, and a damage nerf to fist of fire( i think, could be wrong on this one). Altogether a slight buff, but only to skill speed and thats only while riddle of fire is active. Whatever crazy buff ur talking about is nonexistent. It was a band aid on a problem the devs seem to know nothing about.

With all due respect, I don't think you understand how massive RoF losing its slow was.

[Sonya_Nillefrant]

With all due respect, I don't think you understand how massive RoF losing its slow was.

Honestly i do know, it reduced my gc from 1.7 with 4 gl to 1.9 with 4 gl, do...in the span of the buff, i get 11 skills instead of 10 in 20 seconds, significant....

[SixthHero]

Monk is practically in one of the best positions it's been in since I started playing the class in ARR. This has to be a troll post.

[Sonya_Nillefrant]

Monk is practically in one of the best positions it's been in since I started playing the class in ARR. This has to be a troll post.

Did u even read the post.....at all, or even some of the coments, cause others here seem to have far more insight than you.
Just.Because.its.high.on.the.dps.chart.doesnt.mean.its.in.a.good.place.

It has and has had a series of problems ever sense heavensward, which have only seen band aid fixes. It needs to be looked at at a fundamental level.

If ur calling this a troll post than u didnt even read the second line in the post. Meaning you have no say anymore sense u dont even wanna take a few minutes to even view the post to begin with.

[Arngrim_Greyashe]

Monk is in an amazing spot. You claim anatman is a dead skill but it's used fairly often during phase changes in higher end content. It saves the state of your stacks and your form while you wait for the boss to become vulnerable again. It's situational, yes, but it's not dead. Six sided star is situational as well, being used for those "oh crap!" moments when your stacks might be about to fall off and you only have time for one hit. Monk is doing extremely well right now. The only move I directly see issues with is tornado kick being so clunky.

[Sonya_Nillefrant]

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