What will it take to let my monk attack with a weapon?

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Look, I think Monk could be my class. At least my primary alt. But its going to be forever held back by the lack of weapon attacks.

Logically, most Monk mains now love the fist assault. Good for them. I don’t want to take that away. But I kinda need a monk that attacks with a stave as an option. Let people just pick. That would be VERY FUN.

Who loses with options? You let DKs get an outdoor perma-mount while they attack. Very on brand. Very class centric. I love it. Now for monks, how about we get the look and feel of the monk in the Mist of Pandaria trailer that jacked up a human AND and orc at the same time using a stave.

Super cool. Very on brand. Sexy, even…So how’s about it Blizz?

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I think they just added an Glyph to make Tiger Palm attack with the weapon

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Yeah, I mean for everything. I just checked, I don’t think the glyph is in-game yet.

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As soon as they start paying Monks attention.

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The glyph is in the game.

Use Zen Meditation
If it takes you ti Peak of Serenity:
Talk to Zidormi to change to Pre-Legion
Go West out if the Building, follow path to Cave
Dont go to Training Area
Talk to Number Nine Jia
Buy Glyph of Jab for 500g
Use Glyph of Jab

Use Zen Meditation
If it takes you to Class Order Hall
Go South out of the building
Turn Right after the First Gate
Use Portal
Follow steps above

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it will cost you exactly one raid tier.

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The same thing it’ll take for Monks to be able to do damage comparable to say Hunter or Paladin. A competent Developer that actually doesn’t ignore the class and leave it completely underpowered while focusing on Shamans and Mages.

Monks honestly need a Xelnath level of overhauling at this point. Visuals, a new ranged Spec that focused on Chi and Jade Lightning and a couple of other things for Brew not to crumple like wet paper on hits are needed to mend the extreme bad-blood Blizzard has shown the class. This is as bad as Afrasiabi’s cancerous bias, and total lack of professionalism in toward Paladins in Classic.

Right now Monk’s only viable spec is healing.

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Pretty much all you need.

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Is this real? How are people supposed to know this?

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roller skates.

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This is War of the Feet. We got Xal’s Feet, Alleria’s Feet, and do you really think whoever is piloting this expansion is going to change the class who uses their feet the most?

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I found out by casually googling, even the vendor that sells it is from outdated content that you have to ask zidormi to send you back.

Well at the least the glyph is back after all this time, when they removed it for absolutely no valid reason

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“Someone is still playing Monk?”
-bliz

(This is a joke, I mostly play Monk)

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Was announced in patch features, spread by mouth. Same way as learning monks have invisible weapons as an option I guess as well.

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Sorry OP, only way that Idea will happen is by playing Monk in the PoE2 beta next month.

:stuck_out_tongue_closed_eyes:

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How is PoE? I heard its complex af. If i playbfor like, 2 hours a night, is it worth my time?

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I haven’t played it hardcore(Only cleared campaign) but ppl say you need a spreadsheet when doing maps. PoE2 is supposed to be reigning it back.

The talent system in PoE has a lot going on compared to WoW, invest wisely. Overall I’d say it’s a fun game and the build customization is nuts

Would recommend, there’s a learning curve but 2 hours imo could work… Especially if you don’t care about endgame.

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Yeah it’s definitely worth the time if you like ARPGs, one of the best games on the market. But don’t expect to master it quickly, it takes years to fully understand everything. You can do just fine making logical choices or following guides though. You can literally never run out of things to try and do, the depth is incredible and they release big patches like 3-4x a year (and POE2 coming out on EA in 2 weeks).

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If they have a monk that isnt stupid, im interested

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POE2 has monk class (EA on 12/6 for $30, but game is F2P on release), POE1 doesn’t really.

But you can play unarmed punching melee specs etc.

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