I'm not in the BB, but I've heard that the new build has a couple different animations for monks now. Can anyone with the current build who's tried them out let us know how they play, and do they use the same animations depending on the weapon or unarmed attacks they use?

On it, good sir. Will report back shortly.

AFAICT the base attack animations are the same as before, both armed and unarmed. However, there are special animations for the Wound-powered moves which look pretty neat really.

 

Also, either I'm getting better at this or the monk is a seriously mean mofo. Packs a massive punch, has great staying power, and those special attacks are really useful for recovering from tactical errors -- if a beetle gets behind the front line, the monk can just kick it away. Made it a good deal further without resting, and polished off those beetles without much fuss at all. Mucho me gusta.

Kick it away? Like send it flying backwards or something? Any other such stuff that influencing enemy positions or movement?

Yeh. Already forgot the name of the ability, but it costs 2 Wounds. Sends the little bast... creatures flying. 

 

There are a quite a few other abilities and spells which push critters back as well, and of course any number that hobble, slow, knockdown, stun, paralyze etc.

Excellent.

 

That means all such effects can be used by enemies and creatures, where necessary.

 

umm... does the monk himself display any movement during combat and execution of those moves? Any sidesteps, jumps or half jumps, does he move at all or just punches from a spot, standing still? When he moves around is it different then how other characters move, even slightly? stuff like that.

Edited December 30, 201411 yr by Surface Reflection