Yes elixir drinkers and brawlers are famously the only two types of martial artists possible in fantasy.
For the monk class, yes, because that was literally the class fantasy behind them. It is based off chinese mythology.
Thatâs like saying âwhy do warlocks play with souls? I donât like that aspect of themâ
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âYou canât change the class fantasy because thatâs the class fantasy.â
lol okay
Blizzard could literally make the monk whatever they wanted. The concept of a monk isnât so tied into drinking that they couldnât make a monk without it, case in point almost every single other martial artist in fiction. If they just made the tank spec Niuzao themed there wouldnât have been a single person saying âthis doesnât make sense why isnât the monk drinking anything?!â Itâs part of the lore because they kept the meme alive from the RTS, thereâs literally nothing so mutual inclusive to drinking and martial arts that Blizzard couldnât just make their monk spec fight with whatever theme they wanted. The brews/teas are completely disposable to the concept.
Again, you are just saying things that go against the fantasy of the class they had in mind. Sorry but that isnât going to happen.
They literally made the monk spec, even all the way back in W3, based off on journey to the west. Brews are are very important to the fantasy because it gives energy, healing and in some cases, immortality.
That is why they are called elixirs. That is the fantasy behind the brews.
Something about Mistweaver resonates with me
All things that come from other sources in the setting already, including animal spirits like the celestials already associated with the class. Your entire argument is just âyou canât change it because Blizzard wanted it that wayâ in a thread literally asking about what changes people would want.
If they dropped the drink motif people would only be upset because itâs the way things had been until now, nobody would be saying that their abilities now somehow donât make sense without drinking, because the drinking literally adds nothing narratively. Thereâs already a spec that doesnât have drinking, just make the other two like that with a different theme and youâre done. Thereâs literally 0 reason why drinking is a part of that class other than that itâs a part of the class.
This and a lot of the summoning abilities they have now kind of kills it for me visually.
I mean, it was based on a joke class from War3. If they removed the drink motif it would remove the war3 theme.
But it does add narratively as stated already, which you ignored. But okay, keep beating on that drum.
The brews are literally enchanted. If that didnât come out to you while playing the class or lvling in MoP than I donât know what to say. Staggering, purifying brew, elixir talent etc.
All based on the narrative of the brews being enchanted in one form or another, which is based off chinese mythology.
And the joke was literally based on Journey to the west as well. All have things called enchanted alcohol or teas, to heal or purify ones body.
I think I always imagined monk and brews similar to the old Jackie Chan Drunken Master movie.
Iâm totally fine with that, give me more brews.
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It is, and the old drunken fist stuff has a lot of mythos behind it as well.
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Like a Friar type class (DAOC).
Monk is loosely based off this clip of the ancient Chinese martial art of Kung Fu
Youâd also remove players wanting to play a martial artist from having to play a joke, which for a historically unpopular class would be a net positive.
Trust me, it isnât the brews that keep people away. It is the animations and bad damage or just bad tanking.
They add the fact that they exist, nothing more. A monk losing the brews would lose nothing other than the brews. Attribute their energy and healing to celestials and voila, a martial artist class that doesnât force players to be a meme.
Storm, Earth and Fire comes from Warcraft 3, itâs Chen Stormstoutâs ability.
The brews arenât a meme, only you think that. That is part of why people like brewmaster, if only they didnât suck at tanking. Also, the brews are enchanted by the celestials, that is part of the brewing process. That is why their brews are magic in nature, like in the mytholoy that they were based off on.
Youâve already replied to someone else calling it a joke so the pretend ignorance on the meme front isnât going to fly.
That is part of why people like brewmaster
âThatâs why people like the least popular tank specâ
Also, the brews are enchanted by the celestials
Thank you for at least acknowledging the brews pointless redundance in that regard. Progress at least.