Monk Needs a Complete Rework

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The worst part is they wanted us to wait until 6.0 for this.

No matter how you swing it, for something they’d called a rework what they showed is profoundly disappointing. Altering Greased Lightning in this way by simply eliminating it is unnecessarily heavy handed when Monk’s issue with mid fight cutscenes could be solved by giving Monk a 30 second cooldown to build GL to maximum and the Tornado Kick change. That way Monk's recovery is equivalent to other jobs and that recovery isn't automatically a DPS gain to burn for more damage. What’s worse is it seems our many other issues with the job such as RNG chakra, Fist Stances, lack of mobility, and the excess of lackluster niche actions haven’t been addressed.

However, whether this was what they intended for 6.0 or if this is them throwing together something they can call a rework beforehand to try and placate our three expansions worth of built up frustration is still a mystery and we won’t know for a few months yet. If it’s a stalling tactic, then they still ultimately made us wait until 6.0 for changes which frankly should be expected but still reflects very poorly on the devs since many of these issues date back to Heavensward.

If this is actually what they were going to deliver in 6.0 though and nothing else is heading down the pipe then I imagine this thread will reach 200 pages.