Originally Posted by
Redfern
Juggling numbers would not change the way the mechanic works. It wasn't hideously OP in 10 man because of the numbers alone, the mechanics used were mundane and allowed the whole 10 man raid to be HoT'd up for an unlimited amount of time, it almost forced you to use all Chi on Uplift instead of utlising the other abilities that we had. To keep up both Serpent's Zeal and Renewing Mists you needed to be hitting something constantly gaining Chi. Switching to adds or using/doing something that did not generate Chi would then mean ditching one of the two named above, usually Serpent's Zeal and focusing entirely on Uplift.
With scaling down, Renewing Mists wouldn't be worth it, and we'd almost be in the same boat as we're in now. With too little scaling down, we'll still be forced to keep 100% uptime on it. It's one of the other.
I don't understand why everyone loved this model so much, it made no sense in 25 mans, is mundane, boring and overpowered. It did not allow any gaps in playstyle and dismissed our fun abilities being used in order to not miss Chi to refresh Renewing Mists.
I don't understand the problem with these abilities - Chi Burst requires positioning, Chi Wave requires targets to be within 20 yards of each other to use effectively and Zen Sphere is almost a 'fire and forget' ability unless used for AoE healing, where the raid will be stacked and not need any positioning awareness.
We will have to see the future changes being made to Mistweaver Monks to see the direction they're going, especially in the 'new' 25 man raids that have not been tested yet.