We've asked for Dev comments on the direction Monks are going but so far we've only got silence.

I agree with you that if a Dev would post Sigil's intentions for the monk class it would save the community ALOT of grief and time - those who do not agree with Sigil's vision for the monk can reroll/cancel right away instead of patiently waiting for changes that would never come.

They cant talk about the direction of the monk ...if they spilled the beans of how gimp they plan to keep us they 100 or so monks that are leftover will cancel or reroll too.  They cant buff us too much because then the ranger community would be in an uproar and cant have the prodigy class mad.

I realize its easy to bash Sigil and in fact anyone involved in the monk creation however I want to have solutions or at least resolution to this whole dilemma...Quinn a post here would be appreciated in regards to a plan to get this answered.

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I don't think Ninbei sounded at all as if he'd like Sigil to hold his hand, or give us "spoilers" about the monk class.  I think he voices the desire to have the developers what roles they expect the monk to fill. 

Do they want us to be able to split-pull with Feign Death?  It doesn't appear so; I'm pretty sure they don't.  Do they want us to be able to "off tank"?  At one point, that was something they'd talked about; some remnants of that idea still remain, but the idea itself seems to have been shelved. 

There are so many things that seem counterintuitive in the way they have our stances/skills set up, that it almost begs the question of what their "vision" of a monk's role in Vanguard is.

There is a huge difference in "the game / class doesnt play the way >> I << want" and "the game / class doesnt play the way I was lead to believe".  I dont want Sigil to hold my hand and tell me how I should play my game, but when my class isn't exactly doing what Sigil lead us to believe what we're supposedly capable of doing, something is wrong.  This is why many of us would really like Sigil to comment on what's their vision of the monk class - we as a community can provide much better feedback on if our play experience closely matches their "vision".

For example, Sigil has stated in the past that Monks should deal more damage up front than a Ranger in the first 20seconds of a fight.  Our play experience doesnt exactly hold up to that vision even now, does it?  Are you suggesting that we should just suck it up like a grown man instead of whining like a sissy?  Remember without many of our rants the devs would probably still think monks are badass and doesnt need fixing.

How about the countless number of Dragon monks who, based on the dragon grandmaster's words, that the dragon discipline focuses on nothing but "efficient killing", leading them to believe that dragon is the pure DPS discipline out of the 3?  What a joke it turns out when Dragons find out that Sigil's idea of "efficient killing" means dealing meager AOE damage at half your endurance bar a pop. 

How about the countless number of Drunken monks who, based on the drunken grandmaster's words, that the discipline is pure evasion focused? I forgot what the grandmaster said exactly, but i remember something about "they cant harm you if they can't hit you!!"  What a surprise for drunkens to find out that their skillset is almost exactly the opposite, giving them taunts (which gets them hit) while others get more attacks, AND that their evasion stance is beyond a joke!!

If my class doesnt turn out to be what I want it to be, I accept it, because i know what I want of the monk class will never be implemented ( I want Kungfu Hussle style! Or at least gimme crouching tiger...)
But the problem is my class doesnt turn out to what I was LEAD TO BELIEVE!!



Having said all that, I'm still having a blast playing my Harmi monk too!! I just hope that the other two disciplines get serious upgrades because even after the stance changes I still find no reason to switch and I'm tired of being Harmi already! Sigil please give me reason to switch (but dont nerf harmonious please).

Thats Sigil's main description of the monk, though not the same description as it was when the game first launched.

I too would like an answer to this. As of right now I'm playing a DK because I have no clue what direction my monk is headed in.