Monks need a projectile!

[VentVanitas]

When it comes to ranged attacks, Monk in other Final Fantasy games actually has quite a lot to draw from- hell, even Bravely Default if you want to be loose since XIV has already taken inspiration from FF spin off series like Tactics Ogre.

I wouldn't chalk MNK not having a spot pulling skill up to SE being stubborn about wanting the job to be pure melee. That's more or less the dev team being lazy or not knowing how to give it proper job fantasy or inspiration (because let's be honest, Monk has no job fantasy at all) since they've been spending the past 6 years giving it new ways to trivialize Greased Lightning only to end up removing it entirely, and not any actual new skills of substance for MNK's identity.

I can only blindly hope this is rectified in 6.0 since Yoshi P specifically stated in the post showcase interview that their focus for skills in Endwalker will be for job fantasy.

[Esmoire]

considering all class have some sort of range attack, i do kinda wish monk have one too.

was expecting something like reppuken from geese howard fatal fury

This is exactly what I came to suggest. Some kind of Geese Howard energy wave.

Especially for PvP, where outside of Feast MNK is the most map and composition-dependant melee.

[Sophie_Lo]

The Monk itself, is the Projectile.

I second this.

[Kabooa]

Monk's current design makes this extremely inconsistent though. With Chakra currently being RNG without overhead between it being capped and being usable is inherently at odds with Meditation being the projectile skill equivalent. Chakra amounts will vary when you disengage, so if you disengage with an empty or mostly empty Chakra gauge you can make good use of the downtime, whereas if you have to disengage with a nearly full bar or if your final GCD when you disengage caps you're severely limited or can't do anything at all

They need to severely overhaul Chakra no matter what because it is definitely the worst designed gauge in the game and Meditation being Monk's answer to other Job's having actual projectile skills only contributes to that.

Yes, this is a fair point. One might even speculate it's what prompted the design for SSS. There are a few band aids that could be applied here, but given where we are (and the lack of pressing need for further job adjustments, given no 5.5 ultimate), any and all adjustments outside potency for any job at this point is almost certainly not happening.

For what it is worth, for good or ill, there was mention at looking at melee disengagement moving forward. Whether this alleviates any frustration (and by extension, justifies bumping up the ranged more than a token amount), we'll see.

[Recon1o6]

unpopular opinion, I don't want a kamehameha

I want formless fist changed so it literally punches across the room- a buff extends the range of monk's attacks to 15y for 5 attacks. I wanna be Hit not goku >>

[Ariel_Valmont]

It’s called shoulder tackle

[IruruCece]

This is exactly what I came to suggest. Some kind of Geese Howard energy wave.

We used to have Howling Fist, which more or less did this (though it was more like a POWA DUNK than a DOUBLE REPPUKEN). It's called Enlightenment now. It's not very good, nowhere near as satisfying as leaping up then punching the ground SO HARD you hurt EVERYTHING IN FRONT OF YOU.

I get what they were going for. Elixer Field is "Monk shoots ground, hurt everything around you", so Enlightenment is obviously "Shoot badguys in front of you." Both are... meh.

[Kolsykol]

It’s called shoulder tackle

I genuinely can't tell if you're joking or not.

[BaconBits]

Petition for pugilist to be able to punch shockwaves across the room for their ranged attack. If they can flex hard enough to crack the ground around them with Arm of the Destroyer, they can punch hard enough to emit shockwaves as well. It'd also kinda make sense considering pugilist doesn't really pick up any chakra based attacks throughout it's questline. It isn't until picking after picking up a Monk soul crystal does the WoL start shooting energy blasts all over the place and throwing punches powered up by chakra.

[gumas]

yeah i just realized that all melee class have ranged attack, for some reason only MNK dont have

well... we do have one, a small hadouken but the range is pitiful to be frank