This new patch changed alot of stuff, and I havnt had the chance to see their effects... except on my harmonious monk's evasion. And I must say, WOW! Holy SNARF Sigil really dont like monks do they?

First, let me remind everyone that the Monk class has never been considered "over-powered". We are probably the bottom of ALL DPS classes, melee or caster, slightly above a rogue perhaps. Before the patch my level23 monk with max dex gear (296 dex without buffs) could barely solo a level21 3dot mob - that is, I usually have to use my 5-minute heal before finishing the fight and sometimes i even need to use my Kojani racial for emergency heal so i dont die to a blue 3dot. This was before the patch.


After the evasion revamp? Sigil took away 56% of my melee avoidance!!! 56% friggin percent!

The Harmonious Crane Stance, previously adding 20% to Evade, Dodge, and Parry, now only adds 8% to Dodge and Parry (evade is completely taken out)! a SIXTY percent bonus reduced to SIXTEEN!
They also nerfed windblades, previously adding 25% to parry, now only adds 13%.

Great, just great. Don't forget we just had a hard-to-swallow 12.5% nerf to critial hit chance last patch. And don't forget ever since beta5 monks has been getting nothing but nerfs - skills taken out, melee abilities constantly nerfed. All these while we monks had been hoping for some love for an underpowered class.

I seriously doubt if I can solo any yellow-con 2dots now! Thanks Sigil.

wow..Just..wow...Just got finished soloing a -1 lvl 2 dot in Crane Stance....I finished with around 38% Health left....Parried once during the fight, and the mob missed once during the fight when i used to Parry, Dodge and Block on 50% of the incoming strikes. This is utterly ridiculous, and right now, the Harmonious Monks are useless to play currently until there is some kind of Stance fix...

There is absolutely no reason to stay as a Harmonious Monk, as if I wanted to get hit like I am now and finish fights with 35-40% health left on -1 level fights, I wouldve chosen Dragon- and even they finish their fights faster with more health because of the damage!

WTH Sigil? Just very, very dissapointing, and I hope Sigil fixes this massive nerf that practically broke the Harmonious Form Monk profession.

Yes..head to Master Bithrax ont he West side of Khal.

Youll have to do an errand quest and get letters from two of the masters before being allowed to switch, but other than taking time, its a simple process.

I imagine this is going to be a repatative process for Harmonious Monks here in the coming weeks if they dont change things back to the way they were. I honestly cannot see why harmonious Monks would choose to stay just because of Tiger Stance when Crane Stance-by far the most useful stance of the form- is now broken.

30% Health on -1 lvl 2 dots mobs...Thats a problem....We had been finishing with 85-90% Health on even 2 dot mobs..Some might think thats extreme-but I dont- Not when You're a Monk in a Defensive Specialized Stance taking on even lvl mobs...

But glad that your testing produced the same results. For 20% health left after a -1 lvl fight, we might as well go Dragon- it would have more use, especially after the slight dmg buff/fix from STR.

I have seen no problem with the new evasion setup on my drunken monk, I can still solo lvl 21 3 dots with minimal issues, maybe FD'ing every 5 or 6th one due to luck of the draw miss's.

I do have issues pulling aggro as a drunken monks in groups atm though. Even with my non-aggression stances. I honestly fight in drunken stance all the time now due to that fact. I don't see the use to switch stances on 2 dots cause i can down them just as fast as i could with any other stance.

My other concern is why do i get more atk pwr barefisted with lvl 19 weaps at 21? Not sure if it was this patch or not, but i noticed today with all the equipment issues when i first logged on. I now use barefists on my main hand and a handwrap as my off hand. Can anyone clear that up, the off hand is 11.11 dmg

Aye, my favorite grinding spot right now is the 21 3 dot ants near renton keep. Basic melle, but i can down the stirges near twin lakes as well as some hobgolbins in the scar area, adds galore in there though.

Ah yes, those ants.
I remember them as soloable at lvl 21 as well, slight overcon for their level, good exp!

Now, i am experiencing the same as everyone else here, just soloed a bunch of even con (28) snakes and wolverines and they leave me with less health left now than yesterday (40-60% now, compared to 60-80 before patch). I'm not even bothering with Crane now since  the extra dps on Harmonius/Tiger stance vs the slightly better evasion in Crane seem to equal out.

We lost Block all together