With Dawntrail, Monk is now easier and more accessible than it ever has been. No timers to maintain, no DoTs to watch. The rotation is rigid regardless of downtime.
Given that positionals were initially removed from Monk with the introduction of Masterful Blitz in Endwalker to prevent the job from being overly complex, this seems like the perfect time to reintroduce SOME of its old positionals.
Given how much we use Perfect Balance and opo-opo attacks, adding positionals back to Bootshine/Dragon Kick might be a bit much for some people (though I would personally love for those skills to have their positionals back.) But adding them back to Twin Snakes and True Strike seems like the perfect middle ground for people who miss Monk's old job identity, without being too punishing for players who aren't great at hitting positionals.
Of course, I would be happy with any amount of positionals returning to Monk. But it really feels like a piece of Monk was lost when it was reduced to only having 2 positionals in its entire kit. Part of the draw of Monk was the dance you did around the boss. That was super satisfying, and it made sense for there to be a job that engaged with positionals more than the others.
Please add some positionals back to Monk!
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Given that positionals were initially removed from Monk with the introduction of Masterful Blitz in Endwalker to prevent the job from being overly complex, this seems like the perfect time to reintroduce SOME of its old positionals.
Given how much we use Perfect Balance and opo-opo attacks, adding positionals back to Bootshine/Dragon Kick might be a bit much for some people (though I would personally love for those skills to have their positionals back.) But adding them back to Twin Snakes and True Strike seems like the perfect middle ground for people who miss Monk's old job identity, without being too punishing for players who aren't great at hitting positionals.
Of course, I would be happy with any amount of positionals returning to Monk. But it really feels like a piece of Monk was lost when it was reduced to only having 2 positionals in its entire kit. Part of the draw of Monk was the dance you did around the boss. That was super satisfying, and it made sense for there to be a job that engaged with positionals more than the others.
Please add some positionals back to Monk!
Continue reading...