Thank you for making monks even LESS useful on raids...

[Shotneedle]

<p>[Removed for Content] is up with the idea of changing the <b><span style="color: #ff0000;">BRUISER</span> buff to increase <span style="color: #ff0000;">TAUNT AND DETAUNT EFFECTIVNESS </span>and <span style="color: #ff0000;">COMBAT ART DAMAGE </span>and <span style="color: #ff0000;">THEN MAKING IT RAID WIDE!?</span></b></p><p> (Yes, I am very angry.)</p><p>Are you <i><b>trying</b></i> to make monks even more useless by not adding anything to us and just giving us a ~3.5k hit on Devastation Fist?! </p><p>(that the only time it *<i>might* </i>be used is at the end of a raid mob)</p><p>[Removed for Content].</p>

[tt66]

<cite>Shotneedle wrote:</cite><blockquote><p>[I cannot control my vocabulary] is up with the idea of changing the <b><span style="color: #ff0000;">BRUISER</span> buff to increase <span style="color: #ff0000;">TAUNT AND DETAUNT EFFECTIVNESS </span>and <span style="color: #ff0000;">COMBAT ART DAMAGE </span>and <span style="color: #ff0000;">THEN MAKING IT RAID WIDE!?</span></b></p></blockquote>Yes, yes. very good.You might want to hang out in the <a href="http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/posts/list.m?topic_id=373122" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">monk forums</a> a bit? There you will find information on such things as the changes to the MONK buff to increase CASTING SPEED and HASTE and THEN MAKING IT RAID WIDE.

[Shotneedle]

<cite>tt66 wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite>Shotneedle wrote:</cite><blockquote><p>[I cannot control my vocabulary] is up with the idea of changing the <b><span style="color: #ff0000;">BRUISER</span> buff to increase <span style="color: #ff0000;">TAUNT AND DETAUNT EFFECTIVNESS </span>and <span style="color: #ff0000;">COMBAT ART DAMAGE </span>and <span style="color: #ff0000;">THEN MAKING IT RAID WIDE!?</span></b></p></blockquote>Yes, yes. very good.You might want to hang out in the <a rel="nofollow" href="http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/posts/list.m?topic_id=373122" target="_blank">monk forums</a> a bit? There you will find information on such things as the changes to the MONK buff to increase CASTING SPEED and HASTE and THEN MAKING IT RAID WIDE.</blockquote><p>D'oh!</p><p>Still, by adding +combat art damage, It still pwns attack speed into the ground. </p><p> As does taunt effectiveness for the tank.</p>

[Computer MAn]

I am pretty sure 13% casting speed > Taunt/Detaunt effectiveness.

[RustyB]

<p>no doubt  as a caster I'd take casting speed anyday over combat art damage.</p><p>imo  Monks got the upper hand on this one.</p>

[Rolande']

 No doubt casting speed is better, not only for mages, but for the shamans out there.

[PantherXX]

<p>Believe me ... I am a big complainer on monk issues, but I have ZERO complaints about this change.  Our raid-wide buff is a great one.  The caster group has very much liked having me the past several weeks when it was group only.  The only downside I see is that I no longer NEED to be in the caster group for it to be effective, so I am not guaranteed all of their great buffage!  <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p><p>Of all the things to complain about, this is one to thank the devs for.  The only reason it doesn't look as good to you, is that as a monk, you really don't benefit all that much from the casting haste.</p>

[Sapphirius]

Hmmm. I might go take back my comments on a 7.5% double attack group buff now. This raid-wide buff is a <i>good</i> thing. It now gives raids a reason for having a monk beside our awesome ability to play possum when the raid wipes and picking up brawler loot that no one wants. (BTW, that last part was a joke. Please don't take it seriously. <img src="/smilies/69934afc394145350659cd7add244ca9.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> )

[Cocytus]

Do you not realize how much more useful a raid wide casting speed and haste buff is than 90 to combat arts and mods to detaunts?