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Monk was my starting class when I began playing a couple years ago! This is the first time I'm hearing that we're finally getting ranged attacks though. Now I can finally stop foaming at the mouth to hit that gap closer when I have to step away from a boss lmao
I picked up MNK recently, and I love the flow stuff. It's very like the Monk class in the tabletop RPG 13th Age - you get an opening, a flow, and a closing. You do any opening you know, then can either follow it up with another or any flow you know. You can then either start the combo again with another opening, or pick any of your closing attacks. Different opening, flow, and closing attacks do different things - some give you buffs, some do damage to more than one enemy, some do fancy stuff (one closing gave you flight for a round for the full wuxia effect). I am glad to see that I appear to be playing MNK the way it's meant to be played. I need to get into the habit of switching from AoE to single target, but otherwise I'm getting the hang of it.
I'm not gonna say it took me until level 79 to realize I hadn't been using Perfect Balance thus not activating the master gauge, but it took me until level 79 to realize I wasn't using Perfect Balance, at all.
Theres something about monk that just feels so empowering. Being the hero of the story with the power of my lefts and rights against dragons and armies, so good
I consider Monk to be my main job and am really excited to hear your thoughts once we get media tour info! DT is gonna be my first on launch expansion and you know I gotta punch my way through the msq!
I came from WoW into FF14 as a Windwalker Monk main, but because I wasn't a hardcore raider in WoW, I used to believe that I could never get into FF14's MNK because it was too complex. Instead I went for a job that combined a similar feel to Windwalker Monk and Arcane Mage from WoW, namely RDM and played that for more than 1 year and a half, this EW Savage tier I was a WHM main because of its straightforwardness and now in preparation for DT, I had a selection of jobs that I vibed with I wanted to try out. DRK, RPR, BRD. Ultimately I went back on my opinion of MNK and really started enjoying the flow of the job and been practicing it since the start of April. I settled on learning the flow of MNK as well as a few little intricacies about it to maximise damage output. I've taken into Unreals as well as non-demanding Savage fights like P4S as well as a bunch of Normal and AR runs from EW and ShB just so that I can practice it some more. I've been having so much fun as a fledgeling MNK main, spending minutes on end punching and kicking my striking dummy and attempting DoT and buff management - which I admittedly suck at, but I'm glad they are removing that in DT.
it is interesting to see MNKs complexity shift from his basic 6 single target attack buttons, each with directional requirement, to making the best use of the perfect balance window. A friend of mine really does not like the changes to MNK. I have to say the many requirements of the direction and the weaving between attack chains was a reason why i didn't play MNK until they changed it, but i am sure others do see that as a negative.
Awesome, I've decided I want to play the new msq on monk since healing is never the most fun in solo duties, so perfect timing to get a guide for me. Personally, I'm looking forward to the new gauge replacing the heavy reliance on buffs just as a UI issue - it gets hard to keep track of which of my own monk buffs I have when there's constant buffs popping up and dropping off from the rest of the party. As long as the overall flow style rotation is still in place it seems to me that it won't change much gameplay-wise.
ALL DA PUNCHA! \o/ My Viera is a Monk main (pic is my Au Ra SMN main) and I'm looking forward to the updates to Monk. Figured I'd throw a comment to help the algorithm of my fellow Monk. o7
Is it bad that this actually makes me fear playing monk more? It sounds easy when he says it and it makes me that much more paranoid that i would mess it up.
I'm glad it at least sounds easier. But everyone messes up. Like I said, takes a lot of fight and job knowledge plus practice. I hope you give it a shot and can be patient with yourself :)
How do I get my skill list to look like that????? Would make levelling and setting up my hotbars so much easier! Please don't be a mod, I'm a console player
It's not a mod. You can go into hud layout in the system tab and then choose one of the hotbars to change their size, row x column amount, location etc. Only thing is controller cross hotbars themselves aren't as customizable but if you just want a hotbar to keep track of cooldowns you can use the regular hotbars in any orientation you wish.
My core issue with monk is that I have the memory of a goldfish. I will immediately forget if I have Leaden Fist or not, and my brain doesn’t have enough RAM to remember all 8 different combo routes without looking at the timers. I can’t even manage to consistently do both DRG rotations properly without deadass doing the same combo twice in a row, and sometimes I’m too distracted by paying attention to the timers that I just forget all my oGCDs. I think I could get used to the rotation itself with the buffs and dot being removed, but I think I’d need a visual indicator. Like, if Bootshine lit up after Dragon Kick, instead of both lighting up after the third combo hit, showing that I should click that one in the next rotation. It’s just frustrating that I understand the job, but physically can’t perform it optimally because my brain can’t keep it straight.
@@RazAnime well I know that, I need an indicator on the hotbar itself, because if the new bar is just taking the place of the timers, it’s the same issue all over again, instead just staring at the new bar. I mean, if the new bar is supposed to tell me what the next button is, at least light the button up.
If you want an easier method that'll get you 95% of the way there, just think of it as two combo routes with a variable final hit. You pretty much always want to alternate between Dragon Kick and Bootshine, and same for Twin Snakes and True Strike. So you can literally just run your basic rotation as "Alternate between DK-Twin-Finisher and Boot-True-Finisher". The buffs take care of themselves that way, and you can just watch your Demolish timer to know which combo finisher to use. This sacrifices some minor flexibility in cases where you already have Twin Snakes buff but not Dragon Kick buff, or vice versa. But those are relatively rare, and this makes the whole base rotation a lot easier to track mentally.
@@tunoddenrub I usually just do Dragon > Twin > Demolish > Bootshine > True Strike > Snap Punch and then repeat, call it a day, because i just dont have the brain power to remember two True Strikes per Twin Snakes, or three Snap Punches per Demolish.
@@CorynSilver Late, but you are getting combo indicators depending on if you have your fury balls or not in DT. No fury = generator, fury = spender. Hope this helps
I started with monk, so maybe I can't comprehend when people say it's difficult. This job as natural as breathing is to me. Dawntrail does make me worry with new rotations and no longer needing to do buff and DOT upkeep. Serious tunnel vision gonna hurt me lol
MNK was the job I started with, I loved every bit of it but when I reached Ishgard...I heard AST calling my name. While the likes of AST, BLM, and WAR are my mains. MNK does and forever will hold a special spot in my heart. Often the first job brought to level cap after my mains. DT is making it look real good though, so excited to get to it then. Thank you for the guide, definitely had some helpful bits I forgot or just didn't know. Keep on punching Drak, keep on punching.
I've loved monk since returning but the timers are hard for me. Hoping the new system with an easy gauge to follow in one place instead of looking between buffs and debuffs will help because as far as I'm concerned, monk really is the most stylish of jobs.
I've been wanting to get back into MNK for a while now, but it's kinda overwhelming for me. Here's hoping Dawntrail will give me the push I need to FINALLY understand wtf I'm doing.
I honestly have always liked MNKs aesthetics and design. I am finally playing it now and more excited to see the changes in Dawntrail. I have been collecting the weapons to prepare myself for my first playing of a expansion as a melee
Great video! Is it bad that I just assumed all this information (on regards to the rotation, at least) was intuitive? I thought everyone already knew this from just... leveling the class and reading the tool tips 😅
I'm 9 seconds in and already second guessing if I want to play Monk lmao. on a serious note, I like difficulty, but not ALL the time. So thankfully XIV allows me to play other jobs cause that would excise monk from my roster immediately if it weren't true.
Yeah, I'm personally for this. I like a wide range of skill caps and am totally fine with easier jobs. SAM is my brain-off job. So satisfying and things just flow without having to do math in the middle of the rotation.
