More defensive weapons for an offensive class?

Longsword'ish weapon lacking (ie higher damage but longer delay); you could easily have sticks, batons or something else filling that role.
Could also loose some of the abundant variants of HTH (since they all look the same anyhow!) perhaps in favour for hookswords or sommert.

I just liked the idea of a bit of variety to our arsenals.  Hmm, while i can see where we'd have imbalance with a stun proc, what if it was a low percentage that progressed as the battle went on?  Dunno, i'd like to see more ideas on any variant weapons.  There's alot of weapon choices im still dissapointed not to see in Vanguard, but let's face it, WE are focused on monks.  Maybe start a thread with some other ideas?  By no means do i want to slow down the repairs we so greatly need first.  Monks need our role in the scheme of things defined, highlighted, and done with the stylishly mastered grace that only a monk can bring to a bashing.  Just more food for thought on monks.  Playability comes first, then some flair (animations/weapon alternatives/class specific armours).  But good to see others interested in the idea.

p.s. in long term, i'd love to see each of the monk paths having specific animations, so you can look and so .. oh!  She's a master of Drunk-Foo!

so sue me, i play dragon school... no idea what the boozin bruisers call themselves

I wouldn't mind seeing sashes instead of cloaks for monks

THE FIRST AND MOST IMPORTANT THING / WISH ABOUT MONK, I.M.O.:
i rolled a monk to have a chance to dps / fight WITHOUT ANY weapons. I d like an option to  do so. Maybe through adjusting dragon style = give a higher bonus to damage with bare hands (no weapon allowed), and / or higher non crit reliant damage with bare hand.
Or add a speel called 'fist of diamond' adding a huge portion of damage, non crit reliant, for character fightging without any weapon.

SPEED: in old school RPG, monk were fast character. I'd like a basic bonus to naturel speed, let's say +5% per 10 levels, and a talent, on a X minutes CD, increasing speed by 10-20% par 10 levels (i dont like the 40ish power that gives a flat 50% speed bonus...and bard shouldnt be master of speed movement imo)


Air walk / wind walk = these powers are often seen in oriental / martial monk legend / stories / RPG. Adding a speel allowing monk to travel safe in the athmosphere should'nt be hard, since it's already ingame for another class.

and to finish, i think martial arts styles could get some love / twinkage, they miss this 'magical' thingy i can't spell...

My 2 cents wish

I like your personnal wish a lot !
About bare hand / fist, maybe add a spell passive line, increasing off hand damage when fighting bare hands ?
Plus adding a specialization skill for bare hand (it s actually missing : when you fight bare hands, you only get the benefit from normal skill, cause there is no specialisation skill for pure bare hands): with the 10% bonus to damage from maxed specialization skill, and the increased damage on the off hand...and a dragon style review....pure bare hands could be a viable option, at the cost of procs and bonus from weapons.


Is there any monk review planned ?

If we get a new class lead, i'd suggest someone who plays on the pvp server and is active in a raiding guild.

That way monks get all the pve love they need without having our pvp needs ignored. I read through many posts and some statements made are made from obviously Non-pvp players.

"Make stormstride useful" - Correction, it IS very useful, if you pvp and you're trying to chase someone down.

I'd like to hear some more suggestions from people who play on Sartok.

Besides, if an upgrade was done for PVP, people would yell if a community proposed upgrade to the pve monks would be refused 
Vanguard is a PVE game, and it happens to have a PVP server.
PVP is a non issue as far as i'm concerned, and as far as the game was advertised.

Regarding classes that got an update, i thought monks where in the GU3 ? and what about Disciples ? did they get an update ?