I really hope Monks have been tested fully, including the PvP side of things not just spells and PvE.
I'm confused over the whole attack speed change, to me, aspeed 8 should be aspeed 8, the same, not different for one class. Sins don't need to use any speed gems or items and already gain a massive advantage on normal warriors as it is (as warriors need to sacrifice DC in order to gain speed) - If a warrior spends a **** load of cash and risks breaking items to get that aspeed 8 then let them, it's crazy you are taking this away.. and don't give me crap around TDB, we need to get up close to use that - that's literally all warriors have, TDB. BA is ****, XHM does **** dmg compared to archers static shot, wiz FF, Taos PC.. even sdash has a cool down (SS doesn't) Yes we have more HP but with the dmg output from classes it doesn't really make much difference - I think warriors should have their own items with more AC and AMC on them as they are supposed to take more dmg than other classes (at the moment this isn't the case).
Anyway, to give you an idea, here is a comparison I did the other day between my lvl 44 warrior and 35 sin.. my 35 sin nearly matches the same dmg as my 44 war in 10secs (details below).
lvl 44 warr, aspeed4 dc 71
overall dmg (in 10secs) was around 1600ish, with 55 avg dmg - this was constant TDb for 10secs
lvl 35 sin, aspeed 8, dc 48ish
overall dmg (in 10secs) was around 1400ish with 45 avg dmg - this was only doubleslash for 10secs
That to me is just ridiculous and just shows how overpowered SINS are, that is nearly a 10 lvl difference, one class with a lvl 40 weap the other with a lvl 30 weap. Crazy.
As for people moaning about wizzies nerf, wait to see what it's like - you cannot deny the dmg wizzies dish out isn't over the top.
I just pray that we don't have same problems with the monk class and it's been tested thoroughly. I'd rather it was tested and released in a few more months than rushed and ****ing everything up.
On a positive note, good job to the server team and their work on the changes / updates - I hope all goes well!