Now i know ill probally catch flak for this but oh well here it goes.

 Im a 27th Druken monk (Experience in Beta3/4 up to 48) I know since they bumped evasion ive heared alot of crap about monks being useless and what not. Every single post/email/tell/pm etc ive read about the monks utilities have been close but still off key in my Opinion. (Yes I said it OPINION!) Monk are not tankers, we can but its not what were for, we are there to assist the tank with dropping the targets health down. We put the mob in various Ailments that other classes can pull upon. Also, for those that are whining, "Oh were not strong enough, Oh we cant solo, oh our DPS Is crap". Gimme a break and re-roll the monk and keep tryin, you probally jacked up your stats. Im not trying to step on toes as my first post but im trying to show other monks that are thinking about ditching it to think agian and try something else.

To Dragon Monks:
 --- My Proc is broke what now?---
   Focus on your Dmg. Though you might dps a bit less then a Drunk/Harm you will still do more dmg when buffed/solo. Watch your health and keep an Eye on your Jin. Learn to Time Jin Surge and your heavy hits. Time your Chains and Learn what combo's Forces you to Crit. ( Dont even Start 'Oh its a chance to crit' Cause i can crit every or every other hit with ALL My Monks.) In a party with a Sorc/Warrior- Try to keep your target Staggered or Enraged. Trust me the sorc will notice they either crit more or their dmg starts to shoot through the roof.

To Druken Monks:
---Our Evasion Sucks. Learn to play another class Remy your talking out of your a$$ ---
   Sure, are you statting your monk correctly? At lvl 27th I have a 32% and a 12% Melee Dodge. (Cant remember the exact tool tip.) My Dex? In the 290's. Str? In the 230's. Sure i might not do alot of dmg but a mob +3 Lvls and 3 dot is soloable with a keen eye on my health. We Are a counter Class, use it to your advantage. Also, Remember that not only other classes play off of how we set the mob up. Even we can use Staggers and such to our advantage.

To Harmonious Monks
--- Well, we kick the other monks butts with our skill ---
 Alas, You are one of the favored with players but it comes at a price. A Druken monk with a keen sense of his abilities and have you questioning on if the fight just happened. Though i havent played a Harm Monk since beta 3 You have flaws just as the rest of us do and it will be only a matter of time (When i get off my butt and work a harm monk up ;P ) untill i will be able to better attack you with your own power.

Now I know this isnt much of an opinion but im on my lunch break from work and ill be more then happy to answer any questions and flames regarding my first post. Agian i apologize for it being in this manner.

So how can I always crit?

You do realize, Remy, that you effectively said nothing about each stance in your post correct? You essentially strung random lines of words together occasionally tossing in something relevant to the class such as "Jin Surge" or "Crit chance."

From one humble monk to another, I award you the "WTF" badge of the day.

ROFL!  

To be honest i had a little trouble understanding Remy's point.  Is he saying we should all reroll if we're not happy w/ monk or we should hang in there?

Personally, I like being a monk, just because.  We may be seriously lacking in group utilities, we may hit like sissies compared to other DPS class sometimes, we may be the least popular and least played class in vanguard, and we may even be one of the worst soloers.  But nothing beats leaping from roof to roof, boulder to boulder, true Chinese kung fu movie style.  I'm gonna have fun w/ my monk.

Imagine if it was named North Trunk Breaks Wind. 

The highlighted part is rather confusing/does not make a bit of sense. Do you mean switch styles? Or do you mean roll another class? If you jacked up your stats, just use your refund points and reallocate them. No need to reroll anything there.

Now addressing your "tips" for Dragon Monks. What level is your Dragon monk? Oh wait you haven't played one since November. Things have changed since then.

-Storm Dragon stance proc does not stack with secrets or procs from other classes. It does not hit multiple targets if you use an AE. It can be resisted, and it can actually miss, even though your attack landed. Also the damage does not scale with level.

-Stone Dragon stance does not apply the rune it is supposed to for Fire/Cold attacks, and the AC buff is static rather than being a scaling number. At least you attack slower.

-Dragon stance does not work period.

-Dragon Rakes Its Claw (frontal cone attack) costs the same END, but does less dmg than the full AE all monks get.

-Divine Tsunami (melee damage + 515) barely does any more damage than Divine Typhoon (melee damage + 492) and does less damage than Divine Avalanche (melee damage +516) all are on a 2 min refresh as well. Leet damage for the follow-up of an advanced finisher

-Dragon's Rage does pitiful damage for a 5 minute refresh/4 Jin cost. (366-390 damage, always crits) and does not always crit. Reduce the refresh greatly and it could be worth using.

-Cloud Dragon's Ruse is a subpar attack as a 5 minute refresh/6 Jin attack. (melee + 350, makes target not attack for 1 second {worthless}, and always opens a finisher). Reduce the refresh greatly and it could be worth using.

-Dragon Breath is another subpar attack. 10 minute refresh/8 Jin cost. Frontal cone attack that does 400-424 damage. Wow talk about an overpowered attack. /sarcasm

-Three Finger Strike and Hammer Fist both do about 75 damage on average. Yes let me be happy with this damage I get rewarded with at level 50. Palm Explodes the Heart is OK damage at 1234. So for an attack chain I get at 50, I can look foreward to (75) + (75) + (1234) = 1384 unbuffed damage from a 3 part attack chain...wow.

-Aum Liat should have the negative effect of having all attacks cost 25% more END removed, then it would be worth using.

-Jin Surge should not be consumed on a miss, on a buff, or on an autoattack. The buff should only be consumed on the next special attack. Jin surge should also not cancel out your finisher chain when you use it.

-Ignore Pain should be a % of total HP heal, especially if it is on a 5 minute timer. On my tooltip it reads 827 heal, but really does 777 because my Vitality is not spectacular. Our heal should not be based on Vitality either, remnants of an outdated system when we had energy.

-FD is still buggy as SNARF. I can succeed 10 times in a row on a group of mobs that are aggroed to me, yet they will not leave my body and they keep me in combat. Not good when said mobs hit for 1.5k and can stun.


Wow, if you are content with these bugs, then you must also enjoy being punched in the face on a regular basis. Pointing out problems with the class is not the same as whining. Making lists of what is SNARFed up needs to be done until we get a dev that gives a SNARF about how SNARFty the Monk really is when compared to the other Offensive Fighters. Sorry, I just do not buy into the whole "find out how to enjoy the class even if it is jacked up" line of crap so many people try to preach.

Are you some ranger that just made an account to troll ?

Re-roll in MMOGs generally means delete the character and make one of a different class, not a different one of the same class.