Let's Talk MoP Beta

[Ruvanal]

I'm interested in hearing about how the Monk plays. I realize the playstyle is probably going to go through a lot of iterations before release, but still. Fun? Boring? Annoying?

Fun so far. They seem powerful.

You have 4 chi points you can acquire, so sort of like a rogue. You use certain moves to build Chi, then you can use certain moves that require 1, 2 3, or 4 Chi to use them.

Monks appear to be more hybrid like druids, and you can choose three different flavors. More of a tank build, which is then limited to single weapon wield. A DPS build, which has more martial arts skills. Or, a healing build which gains a mana bar (and you still have Chi bar too), and is again single wield. I have one monk which is DPS build, then I also built a sword and board warrior, and a shadow priest. Hopefully, we can build up a group to go run some instances.

Brewmasters (tank) and Mistweavers (healing) can both dual wield and are not limited to one handers. It may be beneficial to them to use one handers in some cases. The brewmasters can avoid needing massive amount of 'to hit' and the mistweavers will likely find better caster staves than they will one hander combinations that they can use.