The Worst Iteration of Monk. What could be different?

[Wilford111]

I used to never play MNK due to how hard it was for me to keep track of all the buffs/debuffs. Now it's one of my favorite jobs. /shrug

[ColaXIV]

I used to never play MNK due to how hard it was for me to keep track of all the buffs/debuffs. Now it's one of my favorite jobs. /shrug

I struggled with keeping up with the timers before DT too - the way I have my hud setup had the boss debuffs and my character buffs far away from each other and I had to work hard to constantly check. I liked monk in casual content because the job itself just kept me busy.

At the start of Dawntrail though... I felt like SE was forcing me to stare at my hotbars and react with every gcd. Which was a problem because I like to plan and figure out what I'll be doing over the next few gcds. Yes there is the beast gauge but it was still a struggle to take my eyes off the hotbar. I figured out a solution:



Which made me think... MNK would be improved so much if they just made the beast gauge glow depending on what form you were in. It would fix the gauge and make it actually useful. I'm not sure if its been suggested before but I know people have their gripes with the gauge, me included.