For those who hate the WoW Monk, what chnages do you want?

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They could instead just make Brewmasters giant Kegs. Like the Kool Aid Man, only more belligerent. Sounds like a tank to me.

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To answer OP, one thing that is awkward Whirling Dragon. It’s like a classic round-house combo but you can’t move while you’re in the air and if something lands on the floor under you a split second before you hit it, you could land in it. It should be a staple move, but some people don’t take it for that reason. They don’t have to allow you to move but they could give you a 2 second damage reduction after you hit it or something.

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The thread was called “What changes do you want?”

Unless I’m lost idk

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It is but your idea goes directly against the theme of the class.

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Yeah, I don’t like that portion of the theme, hence the “change I want”

Glyph of jab was a great start

I want a big bonk stick like Wukong

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When I was doing Zekvir ?? the other night, this had got me killed at least 2 times. I really wish they’d allow movement during it or something

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I would ditch the drink motif. Mistweavers drinking tea mid fight is silly and imo the brewmaster thing was a mistake. Your fighting style revolving around pulling kegs from hammerspace and chugging magical not-beer makes the class seem more like a cartoon character than a frontline fighter. The only monk spec that actually feels like it’s taken semi-seriously is WW and even the attacks there feel so floaty and limp that it’s not very satisfying.

You really feel the PG movie influence in the class design and I think most people interested in an Azerothian martial artist are going to look at the monk as a disappointment.

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A short AOE damage reduction would work as well. Just enough for you to land and move.

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Hard disagree.

Drunk fighting style, throwing kegs, stagger being beer muscles. I love the whole thing.

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New animations. It’s time.

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I like WW monk - no need to change anything considering they usually make classes worse not better when they change them.

I love spinning crane kick - I made my first monk solely because of that ability.

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it would be great if they added fatalities to monks giving them a finisher move that rips the heart out of the defeated and holds it up high having the blood drip on thier heads

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I guess you can put comments into two buckets: mechanics and aesthetics.

I’m not an expert when it comes to mechanics. I dabble with the monk class a bit, as I do a lot of the game outside of my main(s), but I always wanted to disconnect the Pandaren influence from the aesthetics of the class. Not sure if that’s possible with how many abilities are tied to Pandaren lore, but I wish there was some tie in to other existing monks that have appeared in the game in some iteration.

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This. Seeing that new ability WW getting in 11.1 Slicing Wind or whatever its called… Yea.

They just slapped the feint animation on it with some visual effects and called it a day. Kinda funny considering Rogue is also in dire need of some new animations.

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I think that the monk class always receives a lot of hate from people, but the class is pretty fun and unique. I never really gave it a chance until DF because of it being tied to the Pandaren. I think that monk should get a reworked mystic touch buff to make it more useful in 5-man content and some brewmaster def cd changes. Pandaren lore, unarmed fighting, mobility, celestials, kegs, and mists are all part of the uniqueness and fun of playing monk.

Honestly, I don’t know why, but I just want the brewmaster zen meditation talent to be a class ability that makes you invulnerable for 5 sec (or so), but you can’t move around or perform any actions yourself (could be healed from healer though). Just seems like a fun ability similar but a little less useful than Pally bubble.

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This is it for me. The Panda derived aesthetic and class fantasy just doesn’t do anything for me. I’d much rather a monastic punch man vibe over green mist & beer vibe.

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WW Monk mastery feels bad to play to me.

If they’d change the mastery I’d probably play it more.

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What about it? That you have to press something else? Or just the mental tracking?

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It’s the mythical aspect of tea or alcohol being elixirs. You get rid of it and the monk is just a brawler.

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I just don’t like the idea that I HAVE to press different buttons or lose my mastery bonus.

It just feels bad and punishes a rotational mistake.

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