Quote Originally Posted by StriderShinryu View Post
My only issue with new Monk is really the new dash. I love concept and look but it really feels like it would be better served if it functioned like Dancer's En Avant as opposed to BLM's teleport. Having to target a friend or foe before you can use it and having it function like a teleport just seems like it will feel very clunky to actually use. An En Avant style dash would feel a lot more free and a lot more fun.
I think you touch on something that has been a concern among a lot of critics of Monk: how "busy" the job is.

Lots of casual monks have complained that they are expected to do "too much" when it comes to handling positionals, in addition to managing combos, using stuff during their burst phase, and so on while also factoring the now-permanent GL. Now that we're basically bargain bin ninjas with our Blitzes, and still have four positionals to manage, having a blm-style teleport just seems like it's asking for players to complain that the job is too demanding (again) and drop it (again) for something flashier and simpler (again).

It's nice that the current teleport seems to allow us to attack as soon as the GCD is done (and six sided star seems to no longer put everything on cooldown). If nothing else, the changes seems to still emphasize aggression on the player's part.