I just can't. Honestly if we look at everything we have on Monk and after putting it into practice a bit, I can say that it's been thoroughly ruined.
Pros:
Under 2 second GCD. I LOVE this. Please I want more of this, feels so good.
Fluid control over combo direction. PB giving the 3 free skills and ending with formless fist is so nice for actually picking your spells, but really destroys the 'combo' feeling of the class. You do really get to pick the spells you use though more freely so I list this as a pro.
Hight Potency. Honestly I think Monks will be top DPS, for if that matters to you or not. We got big numbers and they come fast.
Personally I think Thunderclap is so cool. I wish it had potency on enemy, but the utility on it is nice and it looks cool so I'm in for it.
30 second forms is nice. Not sure the practicality of it but it's just worth mentioning.
Phantom Rush looks really cool
Cons:
oGCD culling and moving them to Blitz as a Weaponskill really makes the class feel barren and empty.
No new skills. I refuse to consider Riddle of Wind an ability or skill. It's just not a well designed ability. We have the new blitz system, yes. But it takes old abilities that were already removed from the class (Steel Peaks and Howling Fist) and gives it to us in a new form as 'new' and then upgrades it as our 80-90 TRAITS. Only traits from 80-90 mind you.
Removed positionals. Refer to positional thread: https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/...ositionals-6.0
STILL useless abilities. How Anatman and Six-Sided Star still have the same functionality is beyond me.
I WANT to like this class because it's nice for Monk to finally be getting some attention, but there's just so much going wrong for the class at the moment that I just can't. The class is just straight up bland. Honestly this is the worst rendition of the class I have ever seen. I have optimistically high hopes that things change, but in it's current state I just feel they've taken my favorite class and dunked it in a toilet after a fat man decimates it after thanksgiving.