Please revert Monk back to its Shadowbringers state

[velswen]

For me, the bottom line is this: I don't enjoy current buff/DOT-tracking MNK, but I'm really looking forward to leveling DT MNK.

There's a lot that I like about the MNK, from the aesthetics to the abilities, but I really don't enjoy the short-DOT/short buff track at all. With the DT changes, I plan to level MNK (I stopped at 50 because of the DOT/buff tracking) as soon as I finish the MSQ.

Then don't play current Monk. There's no reason that every job has to be changed to fit your playstyle. People who enjoy buff-tracking and DoT skills have had nearly every single class in the game taken away from them. And people who enjoyed moving around constantly for positionals have lost that too. I just wish SE would stop taking away jobs that some people enjoy just to replace them with something that appeals more to the lowest common denominator (not referring to you, just the general trends for all jobs losing gauge/buff management and whatnot in the past few years.)

[Equitable_Remedy]

Then don't play current Monk.

I don't - as the post that you quoted said.

There's no reason that every job has to be changed to fit your playstyle.

This is a strawman - no one is arguing this position. I neither asked for MNK to be changed nor said that it needs to be. What I actually said was that the changes that are coming make the class more appealing to me.

[Mikey_R]

The main thing I'm looking forward to is the new 2,3,4 rotation as opposed to 2,2,3 and seeing how that affects the feel.

Currently, between PB windows, Bootshine will always be followed by either Twin Snakes or True Strike, with the only thing changing being whether you use Snap Punch or Demolish. However, that rhythm is going to change, so hopefully, t makes things more interesting. Only time will tell.

[TKMXIV]

The only change I really want to see is Gill toss as a low leveled Pugilist ranged attack. Why Gil toss?
Because Monk has been in need of a low-level spamable ranged option. Plus, one of the Pugilist quests had us picking up Gil anyway so it would fit.

[ThorneDynasty]

Just make the ranged attack a role action at that point.

Or better yet don't homogenize the jobs any further, when MNK has different tools for dealing with movement downtime already.

[velswen]

Just make the ranged attack a role action at that point.

Or better yet don't homogenize the jobs any further, when MNK has different tools for dealing with movement downtime already.

This is another thing I agree with, Monk doesn't need any ranged skills they already had tons to do during periods where they step away from the boss. But players who are very bad and don't understand that blame the game instead of taking advantage of the tools we currently have.

[Rithy255]

I'm somewhat apprehensive but also excited for the monk changes, Mainly I hope that the new system (replacing your DOT/Damage buff) doesn't feel too different from current monk... I don't know why they needed to change it honestly it feels like a weird excuse for another gauge... I didn't really need to look at the DOT timer or my buff timer after playing it for a while.

I'm also not sure how I feel about it having "ranged attack" (I think with the fire ball attack),I don't understand why people complained about "no ranged attack when Six sided star exists (although i'd like it to be learnt eariler), I guess we will have to actually see the changes..