Nerve Strike I  -  need to be out of combat to use, you used to be able to turn off autoattack and use this skill (beta 3) now turning off autoattack does not remove you from combat , if the mob attacks you it is always considered in combat , makes the skill quite useless, on a side note, "IF" you are grouped and use FD then you can use this ability, In beta 3 i used it pulling to split mobs. can't use it that way in its current state

Drunken Mastery - Staggering Punch II is an exact copy of Staggering punch I there is no difference (at least not in the tool tip etc..)

Baruka

Last night I was killing bears and other low level stuff and three times none of my skills were active.

I had full stamina, the skills went inactive from the very start. My shuriken worked, but none of my attack skills. They were all just gray. I tried hitting attack off and back on, and I tried targetting something else and then back to the guy hitting me. Swaying step also worked, just none of my other skills.

It wasn't a big deal, I was level 7, and fighting right next to a shrine. I just wanted to see if anyone else had this problem or if I missed something I needed.

Ok throw'n this up as a thought, let me know what you think.

28 Drunken Monk atm, recently aquireing reed in the wind, which yes, it is 40 endurance, which is a price, but im realizing I can get two, MAYBE 3 counters in during the time its up, add that to Sway Step, we have some decent dmg off that back hand, i have had my largest crit atm 6k, off it.

But this is what im thinking, it makes no sense at all as a monk who exploits weakness, nor physically as if you were actually fighting, where most counters almost always lead into killing blows. Now im not saying make an end all be all crit chance on it, but maybe add a finisher based on the counter. Maybe a special finisher based on your path (what would be the better imo) or a generalized finisher but special to the counter alone.


just a thought.

ALL monk short duration buffs should NOT incur global cooldown!!  Monk buffs are super short term, and the global cooldown only serves to make us further waste the precious seconds 

This problem is especially glaring in Secret of Celerity and Reed in the Wind.  They should be changed similar to Secret of Fire/Ice where they dont incur global cooldown.  Thanks!

Also this is Offtopic - Baruka you can still split easy with FD: Run to the mobs you want to Split up, FD in front of them (makes you go out of combat) Stun, bring back the unstunned one to your Group. Just tell the healer to not heal you before you FD the aggro of the second one off. Splitting done. Only downfall is the huge ammount of beating you will get thisway and once the groups get bigger then 2 mobs youre toast if its 4 and more dots.

what bothers me is making fd part of the global cooldown i really hope this is a bug 

Should be everytime you've been harvesting. It's a known bug.

Aspect of the Spirit Dragon: Your defensive target gets the invis aswell (but not levitate).

While benefical and actually makes it more in line with the 8 jin cost, I don't think this is intended.