Okay, I've seen like 30 people say this and the only thing I've seen about a monk rework was that Monk was getting a rework in 5.3 because they didn't want to make us wait. (And then it got pushed to 5.4.) Do you have a recent source for this? I follow most of the dev stuff and interviews and the last thing I remember comes from:
https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/...808-03-2020%29
And thenWe received many comments on how Greased Lightning doesn’t mesh well with content, so we’re currently considering changing Greased Lightning into a trait. However, this would require adjustments for almost all monk actions and would be very expensive in terms of development manpower cost, so our earliest estimate for these changes would be Patch 5.4.
https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/...810-20-2020%29
Which sounds to me like the mess we have now IS the rework/revamp we were promised. I think people are just hopeful Monk will get another one. It needs one, but I haven't seen where people are getting that the 5.4 gutting was just the pretense to the REAL rework.As mentioned previously, monk will receive adjustments to Greased Lightning, among other aspects. Greased Lightning will be changed into a trait, and you’ll no longer have to work to maintain it during combat. Along with this change, Greased Lightning-related actions will have their effects and potencies adjusted.
Although this revamp will be quite large, the adjustments aren’t intended to make major changes to the feeling of the job, and we’re doing our best to maintain that feeling of dishing out blows in rapid succession.
Ugh, no. No this isn't about not seeing WoL as a monk. We had that before and... oh god did that go horribly wrong.
No, I meant you made a point that the reason they didn't do it mid-expansion was so the Human Resources department (???) could use it as a marketing ploy for the next expansion -- except they have never even mentioned it. If a major overhaul to Monk akin to an entirely new job was supposed to be a selling point for Endwalker it would have likely had at least a single line on one of those slides during one of the fanfests. I dunno. Maybe your uncle works for Nintendo and has all this awesome insight but I haven't seen anything indicating that what you're proposing is true.