Just wanted to put a post out there, as a monk who played through legion, and the start of BFA, im really diggin 8.1.
i played 1000+ arenas in 8.0 as ww, because i love the class, and it felt super bad. I felt i didnt have the CC/peels to be able to help out a team. I still kept at it instead of re rolling fotm, and i really feel like you guys got some awesome improvements in the patch. Turbo fists has been great! Likewise, ive been having lots of fun with the other pvp talents.
im a fan of the new azerite traits, but glory of the dawn seems a bit weak, and its my understanding dance of chi ji doesnt work with Storm earth and fire. In the same note, is alpha tiger and fury of xuen accurately working? Take a look at those please and fix them before 8.1.5!
You’re enjoying the changes to Rushing Jade Wind?
I’m totally not. Everything else I’m okay with. But I do not like the RJW changes. I feel like no one was asking for them, and it’s just something to stop AFK monks from farming PvE content.
Also, our damage and utility still don’t feel all that great. I feel like there are few reasons, if any, to bring a WW monk over rogues or DHs to most PvE content.
I’d like another stun. A brez. Better DPS. A cooler utility gimmick than RoP. Anything to make people say “Ooo, we really need a WW for this.”
Honestly, i felt that the last RJW felt like hot garbage. It really slowed down the rotation, and while it was cool to base sit bg’s or farm old content, it felt so bad gameplay wise that i never took it for anything else (even when it would be good!)
i think blizz could do some work on RJW TBH. I think its a cool animation, and i like the idea of another aoe damage ability, but we already have a lot of buttons to press, and we certainly dont need an energy drain, or another maintenance button to press. Some work could be done here for sure and im not sure how to fix it.
I’m just having an awful time trying to remember to use it. I’m very much used to turning it on for packs, then shutting it off when they’re dead. Having to remember to use it every 6 seconds, and to save chi for it, is a pain in the butt. And I feel like it’s doing less damage overall, simply by nature of the fact that it’s not constantly on.
EDIT:
I do absolutely hate the animation. There are innumerable mechanics that the RJW animation make much harder to see. IMO, that is. (Looking at you, Arc Dash indicators in ToS.)
EDIT 2:
How did the old RJW slow down the rotation? It wasn’t really a part of it. You just turned it on. I feel like it definitely slows down the rotation now. Because you have to press a button on GCD every 6 seconds. And save chi for it.
What i mean is that it made you energy starved - so you didnt press as many buttons. Having downtown in the rotation is standard, and having MORE downtime doesn’t really feel good, exactly.
so pvp wise—
Im finding 2x Dance of Chi Ji and 1 of the (whatever the Rising Sun Kick proc ) azurite trait is working well.
Dance of Chi Ji is pretty much spammable-- and when procced-- does really nice damage.
The best part about using it is that it allows for lots of heal orb spawns and can be used almost contstantly.
This trait easily trumps that boosts our Fists of Fury for the sole reason that FoF has a long timer, where as our crane kick is pretty much always usable.