Level 84 Monk Feedback

I have really been enjoying the class but there are definitely some things that need to be addressed. To start, i am running a maxroll Endgame build with pretty much all the required gear and stats etc to make it viable and whatnot so my opinion should have some validity to it.

First off, Some abilities and just the class itself feel very clunky and non-responsive at times. Countless times i will go to use an skill and nothing happens. He just stands there. Sometimes for seconds before anything happens. For a game as punishing as POE2 is you really need your abilities to work when needed. As most of you know, it can be a game of milliseconds or you die.

Second, I think this is probably for melee classes in general, but my god are some of the elite fights just awful for us. No matter how good you are, certain elite mechanics are almost unavoidable. For instance, the ones with the mana drain debuff. One was right at the spawn point and i was almost dead within a second of entering. As a melee we have to get close to even hit the thing and it sucks our mana so fast that you simply cannot kill it, or its near impossible.
Just not fun overall in certain instances.

I enjoy the damage output of this class but it is extremely squishy and with some of the unavoidable 1 shot or near 1 shot mechanics in this game i would almost tell people to start with a range class. Im going to be playing a mercenary shortly so will see how that compares to this.

So overall, a fun class, but really needs some fine tuning to get rid of the clunkyness. Endgame needs some tuning as well to be a little more melee class friendly imo but i could also just be a trash player.

Cheers

I've really been enjoying playing Monk as well.

I think i only really have one complaint; I don't really like the way the bell feels.

Like i can't fully explain it but the targetting for it feels kind of sticky?
And it's really hard to consistently hit it during certain boss fights.
(The Azok Bog boss for example)

I have no real solution to it other than the bell itself being targetable but i have a feeling they tested this and it felt even worse.

Maybe it's something that will get better with hitboxes being tuned for those bosses.

I couldnt agree more on that as well. I know exactly what you mean on certain boss fights.

Do you find there is a delay when you try to use it as well? Sometimes it just wont work for me sometimes? I dont know if its my character placement or what but it happens more than it should imo?

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RubyRhod#3073 wrote:

First off, Some abilities and just the class itself feel very clunky and non-responsive at times. Countless times i will go to use an skill and nothing happens. He just stands there. Sometimes for seconds before anything happens. For a game as punishing as POE2 is you really need your abilities to work when needed. As most of you know, it can be a game of milliseconds or you die.
Cheers

It is not class related.

Sometimes my crossbow will get "jammed".
And we also have just few usable skills. Everything else is garbage.

GGG decided to go with "buffing" bolt skills, but they are soooo garbage that nothing solves it.

Monks at least have decent ascendancy points that work.
The extra damage is really good buff.
(both elemental and chaos)

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RubyRhod#3073 wrote:

I couldnt agree more on that as well. I know exactly what you mean on certain boss fights.

Do you find there is a delay when you try to use it as well? Sometimes it just wont work for me sometimes? I dont know if its my character placement or what but it happens more than it should imo?

I think it is something "core" problematic there.

This "delay" keeps happening to me from day 1. And it has nothing to do with ping.

When I try to shoot, sometimes it can take few seconds to fire ammunition skill. The animation will play repeatedly, but nothing actually happens.

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RubyRhod#3073 wrote:

I couldnt agree more on that as well. I know exactly what you mean on certain boss fights.

Do you find there is a delay when you try to use it as well? Sometimes it just wont work for me sometimes? I dont know if its my character placement or what but it happens more than it should imo?

Yeah a delay which makes it feel sticky and i end up missing where i wanted to put it. Like i said, it's hard for me to formulate the exact issue with it.

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Skellymancer#5263 wrote:

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RubyRhod#3073 wrote:

First off, Some abilities and just the class itself feel very clunky and non-responsive at times. Countless times i will go to use an skill and nothing happens. He just stands there. Sometimes for seconds before anything happens. For a game as punishing as POE2 is you really need your abilities to work when needed. As most of you know, it can be a game of milliseconds or you die.
Cheers

It is not class related.

Sometimes my crossbow will get "jammed".
And we also have just few usable skills. Everything else is garbage.

GGG decided to go with "buffing" bolt skills, but they are soooo garbage that nothing solves it.

Monks at least have decent ascendancy points that work.
The extra damage is really good buff.
(both elemental and chaos)

Ah good to know. I was actually about to try a merc next but i guess i'll do sorc haha. I know its still early access and tbh its better than most AAA full releases haha. Glad they are listening and making changes as they go. Hopefully they start working on some class tuning etc soon as well.

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RubyRhod#3073 wrote:

Ah good to know. I was actually about to try a merc next but i guess i'll do sorc haha. I know its still early access and tbh its better than most AAA full releases haha. Glad they are listening and making changes as they go. Hopefully they start working on some class tuning etc soon as well.

I think it has something to do with animation canceling.

Both my witch hunter and chaos monk use crossbows. It is not about the class. It is something "core".

I think you should give that merc a go. Best choice I made. Clears everything super fast. (Good crossbows sell for 4-5 exalts)

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Skellymancer#5263 wrote:

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RubyRhod#3073 wrote:

I couldnt agree more on that as well. I know exactly what you mean on certain boss fights.

Do you find there is a delay when you try to use it as well? Sometimes it just wont work for me sometimes? I dont know if its my character placement or what but it happens more than it should imo?

I think it is something "core" problematic there.

This "delay" keeps happening to me from day 1. And it has nothing to do with ping.

When I try to shoot, sometimes it can take few seconds to fire ammunition skill. The animation will play repeatedly, but nothing actually happens.

Its so brutal to deal with. The game is so punishing as is. Dying to something because an ability straight up wont work is such a piss off. Not only are waystones overly difficult to come by, its the exp loss as well. Just kind of a fun killer for me tbh.

And same here. it is not a ping/PC issue at all.

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Skellymancer#5263 wrote:

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RubyRhod#3073 wrote:

Ah good to know. I was actually about to try a merc next but i guess i'll do sorc haha. I know its still early access and tbh its better than most AAA full releases haha. Glad they are listening and making changes as they go. Hopefully they start working on some class tuning etc soon as well.

I think it has something to do with animation canceling.

Both my witch hunter and chaos monk use crossbows. It is not about the class. It is something "core".

I think you should give that merc a go. Best choice I made. Clears everything super fast. (Good crossbows sell for 4-5 exalts)

It definitely feels "core".

I think merc time it is haha! Thanks!