The Monk Temple

[Rapiso]

Am i the only one who thinks that these changes will make monk the easiest class to play ?

[Rochetm]

Am i the only one who thinks that these changes will make monk the easiest class to play ?

So how does making our rotations more complex and important make it easier to play?

Are you serious or a troll?

GL stacks are even more important now. We have a new attack to use from rear and an attack that is now our most powerful ability if used correctly that used to be nearly unusable in a rotation.... Did I miss something?

[Rapiso]

So how does making our rotations more complex and important make it easier to play?

Are you serious or a troll?

The up of BS and True Strike make ID useless, simplifying the optimal rotation. A 15s twin snakes buff make True Strike ALWAYS profitable, even when you have to refresh dot, simplifying the optimal rotation.
Post 2.1, playing monk is just spamming the same roation over and over, that's actualy not the case.

[Kiokin]

Are you serious or a troll?

The up of BS and True Strike make ID useless, simplifying the optimal rotation. A 15s twin snakes buff make True Strike ALWAYS profitable, even when you have to refresh dot, simplifying the optimal rotation.
Post 2.1, playing monk is just spamming the same roation over and over, that's actualy not the case.

...Are...are you stupid?

Our rotation in 2.1 will be constantly moving back and forth between flank and behind. Right now it's primarily just flank, with, like, two moves being used from behind occasionally, and only if you have top tier gear and don't care about TP.

[Rapiso]

...Are...are you stupid?

Our rotation in 2.1 will be constantly moving back and forth between flank and behind. Right now it's primarily just flank, with, like, two moves being used from behind occasionally, and only if you have top tier gear and don't care about TP.

lol, you're a lost cause.

[Kiokin]

lol, you're a lost cause.

Pretty sure you are, since you're in the minority here.

[Sigred]

Pretty sure you are, since you're in the minority here.

He's only wrong because those of us who excel at MNK don't find it all that challenging in the first place. That doesn't mean that the imminent influx of FOTM players are going to be any good at it. That said, he's also right because those of us pushing MNK to the limits now are going to be falling asleep in 2.1.

[Rapiso]

Pretty sure you are, since you're in the minority here.

Yes im alone so im wrong ... genius !

Think about our optimal roatation now, and our optimal roation post 2.1.

Post 2.1 : spam BS-TrueStrike-X-DK-TS-X (X = SP or Demo)
Refresh dot when they fade, regardless of your rotation.

Acutally : Have to check all dot timer to know if you can use True strike, have to fill the full dk buff time with ID when refreshing.
Which mean you're constantly adapting your rotation depending of your dot timer, you can't use true strike when fracture or tod will fade, which mean you'll DK-TS / BS-TS, which mean you'll fill with ID if you refresh one dot, which means if you think it's easier than just move back to demolish, you're probably one of these monks actually using this rotation :

spam BS-TrueStrike-X-DK-TS-X (X = SP or Demo)
Refresh dot when they fade, regardless of your rotation.

Which mean you're a trash.

[Allyrion]

DK, Twin snakes, SP, PB, True Strike x 4, Demolish. for the GL stack. Alternatively you could also also do True Strike x 3, DK, Demolish if you didn't want the DK debuff to fall off.

Yes, the latter will work since they increased Twin snakes.

Am i the only one who thinks that these changes will make monk the easiest class to play ?

As Rochetm said, I don't see it.
We'll be OP as all hell but difficulty of the class will only increase with the changes made. The rotation now has more position demands and losing GL3 is a bigger deal.
Demolish even has a positional attack now attached to the dot.

The difference in skill between Monks will be more apparent than ever.

[Sigred]

The difference in skill between Monks will be more apparent than ever.

Works for me.

Well this change sucks
Allagan Sollerets of Striking

Before: STR+18, VIT+20, Skill Speed+21, Critical Hit Rate+15
After: STR+18, VIT+20, Determination+15, Skill Speed+15

How? The Mythology boots have the same stats, just get those.

I'd trade 15 crit for 15 det any day. Losing 6 skill speed is negligible.

Critical hit rate increase has been reduced from 20% to 10%. However, this change does not affect benefits granted by the trait Enhanced Internal Release.

So it will still be 30% for MNK?

Yes.