MONK is to confusing / annoying of a class now

[Shurrikhan]

I definitely think that there is an issue that we can't fit our big hitter into the opening.

Why would it be an issue at all? Again, there is no more need for it to be in our opener than for SMN's Phoenix to have been in their opening 20 seconds.

How is it gutting or muddying anything with Anatman giving a free Phantom Rush?

PR then goes from "Correctly use your core mechanic twice to ready your big reward," to primarily "Press this no-damage button once per minute to get your big reward which you then do with a separate button."

Which sounds more like compelling gameplay?

You'd be replacing, in effect, Phantom Rush (gameplay-wise) with a GCD version of 5.x Dream Within a Dream into Assassinate (now for huge potency and partial AoE damage). Why? Why would you do that?

Monk doesn't need to be any easier. It doesn't need to have every possible iteration of its Blitz each occur within the first 20 seconds of a fight. The latter just makes us feel like we have longer lulls, less to look forward to macrorotationally; any relative potency impact it'd have would just be balanced out.