the FD "in combat on success" bug is a nul issue, there is an easy work around for it involving hiting two keys in rapid succession 

Monks are able to solo pull.  Confirmed in Rahz Inkur.  FD nerve strike works but just takes a while to split a 3 pull.

Some of this will be possible, but it will depend on the encounter.

Take pulling. Some mobs will be linked, and some won't. So pulling is viable in some encounters, but not all.

Take kiting. Some mobs will have varying leash lengths. Some mobs will pursue you more quickly than others. And again, some may be linked. So sometimes kiting will work, and sometimes it will fail.

This is also true for mez, FD/invis/sneak, etc.

We don't want to eradiate these strategies, some of which we indeed didn't plan for in EQ 1 and were emergent (kiting, FD pulling, etc). Looking back it seems dumb, but we simply didn't realize what players would figure out. 25 people working on a game played by half a million and the odds are the half a million will figure out a lot the 25 didn't plan for. In any case, rather than eradicating these tactics (again, as long as they are not abject exploits, like getting a mob stuck or confused), we want them in the game, just not a tactic that is applicable to all or most encounters. Rather, they should work with some encounters, but not others. This offers more variety when exploring a region or doing a dungeon. It also requires knowledge and exploration and some trial and error, adding to the more abstract yet very real skill in MMOGs that is knowledge of your surroundings and how to tactically do an area/region/zone/whatever.

Like in my previous post, this ties into the situational population of the Vanguard world, where sometimes a class, or a weapon, or a set of gear, or certain counter spells or moves, are important or even essential, again depending on the encounter, region, difficulty level of the area, etc.

Have to disagree with you, Leishu, on monks as pullers in EQ.  Yes in a pinch sk's and bards could pull but when pulling in a raid or  tough group environment bards would have to fade too often SK's still had that wait time for feign, not instant like monks.  Also monk AA's were pretty much geared towards being the puller, faster run speed, mez, ae's not breaking feign as well as boosts to mend.  I played a necro and a monk in a large raid guild that had very good players from each class but it was always the monks that pulled, not the sk's or bards.