Quote Originally Posted by Amh_Wilzuun View Post
Yeah Monk would be unplayable without those positional-ignoring charges. We are getting farther and farther away from my original point. And I’d like to see a venn diagram of people saying that PB is easy spam and people who think that the bootshine positional is too punishing to miss. Like you have true north and ROE right? (Which I keep in easy to reach spots for a reason)
Why would you expect there not to be an overlap? Having a tarp with which to cover a problem doesn't make the problem not exist.

You generate enough positional-nullification duration to cover every GCD of Perfect Balance every time. It is therefore easy to utilize optimally.

That still doesn't mean that Leaden Fist, by being a problem only through factors outside the player's control and over so narrow a span that it cannot meaningfully be compensated for except via a please-remove-my-core-gameplay button, doesn't significantly reduce player agency or add a seemingly arbitrary or chance-based factor to their performance far beyond what other jobs face.

Perfect Balance is easy to optimize. Leaden Fist is problematic. The two are not mutually exclusive.