Monk Identity and Blitz ?

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As for positionals being part of a Monk's identity, probably not, however it has always been a key part of how the job plays in the same way that one of the key features of Black Mage is finding that spot to stand still on.



Monk used to be a quick attacking crit machine between guaranteed crit on Bootshine and Internal release increasing critical rate. It was also the highest DPS which was balanced by GL stacks and doing positionals. You want the high damage, you have to work for it.

Over the years it has lost Internal Release and so it wasn't as much of a crit monster as it was before, Lost GL management and is now no longer the highest DPS. All Monk has from it's inception from ARR is it's positionals. As Monk players, we are literally holding onto one of the last things that made the job unique and stand out from the rest and, to top it off, Monk hasn't gained anything else unique to try and offset what was lost. Want positionals lessened? Give me a reason to want to lose positionals, don't just take them away for the sake of taking them away.

I agree. And that was MNKs identity. GL speed + crit. So fast that even NIN mains have a hard time keeping up at full GL.

And that's the issue in bold I'm pointing out. It's apparent that SE no longer cares about positionals or MNKs last dying identity. It will be lessened whether we like it or not for this expansion. And hopefully because they want to completely redesign it.

Now, don't get me wrong. I like the positionals. Always have. It makes it unique but after 6,7 years of a stagnant MNK that has slowly been drained of its core identity - if one is given the ultimatum of a class redesign vs. hanging onto an archaic last stand I'll risk the redesign. The thing about BLM is that its immobility is not all it's known for. If a redesign allowed for full positionals but make it so that it's not it's only identifying factor - even better. Gameplay of a class is only part of how we come to love a job. The other part is the animations, perhaps its lore, its ability themes, etc. Right now MNK is the weakest of near all of these areas. As for positionals, though it may not be a 1:1 comparison, DRG is a close tie for it and thus lessens the positional "is our unique identity" even more.