Monk Needs a Complete Rework

[Mahrze]

In regards to introducing TFC before Deep Meditation, I think that might've been more of an archaic design choice. My immediate thought goes to NIN and Trick Attack, and how that was (for all intents and purposes) locked until you learned Suiton. I'm just speculating, but I imagine the reason for delaying the introduction of Deep Meditation and Suiton so late is due to the story tied with both jobs. Well, tbh, I don't remember the exact details of Deep Meditation and if there was even a big deal about it in MNK's story (it's been literal years since then); NIN's story is more fresh in my mind (capped it this expansion).

Chakra's are as early as ARR job quests iirc. It the whole reason Widargelt offers to "train you". Cuz he wants another MNK to help him open his chakras. But most of this ends up moot since they don't really bother to design things around the leveling curve. All is about the end game.

Edit: yeah, just checked the ff wiki for the mnk xiv story. It is since then. Lvl 60 job quest gives ytou the title "of the 14th Chakra". Its the one people keep using as a cornerstone on how MNK has 5 available chakras as a gameplay but we somehow have unlocked all 14 and don't have it as a resource and what not.

[3ureka]

Chakra's are as early as ARR job quests iirc. It the whole reason Widargelt offers to "train you". Cuz he wants another MNK to help him open his chakras. But most of this ends up moot since they don't really bother to design things around the leveling curve. All is about the end game.

Yeah. I think Square would have to rewrite quite a few things if they wanted all the jobs to feel good while leveling to cap.

Also, thoughts on something like this for monk?:
So, since we're heavily positional focused, how would you feel about getting a buff for hitting all the positionals for a full cycle of opo-opo > raptor > coeurl? Once you've attained the buff, every weaponskill afterward will be treated similarly to DRG's Raiden Thrust, where they'll get a nice little potency boost. However, this buff will fall off as soon as you miss your first positional, which will (literally) keep us on our toes. I think with the tools they gave us in Riddle of Earth and 2 stacks of True North, this might be viable.