Monk Needs a Complete Rework

[Ramura_Sono]

A passive haste gain is not a mechanic. It has no trigger. It has no decision-making. It has no unique reward system.

And? Would the damage buff half of GL not be enough to facilitate such a thing?

The problem is giving up speed is antithetical to the feel of monk. That's the reason why RoF was hated. Why TK saw it's first potency nerf. You can't tie the haste to any mechanic that asks you to willingly lose it and expect it to be well recieved. It would be like asking ninjas to give up mudras/ninjutsus, or dragoons to give up jumps as part of a mechanic. Look at HW Bard. Giving up a core part of the feel of the class, no matter what reward is gained, or decisions involved, will always be met with disdain.

Let's not pretend that the decision making facilitated by the difficulty of maintaining GL in the past would have in any way been lessened if GL was purely a %damage buff.

If GL can't become a meaningful mechanic with the haste buff removed from it then let's leave it as a non-mechanic. There are more places to fit in meaningful decision making than just GL alone.