Nefermandias
Hero
Yes, the class is a disconnected mess of things that "feel" cool with no real substance at all.Recently started a Curse of Strahd game as a Way of Mercy Monk, and... yeah. Really hoping this class becomes fun to play after we hit level 5, but I doubt it will. It feels like I'm having to burn through a limited resource not to do cool stuff, but just to be borderline competent. And the refrain that "well, you don't need to buy gear!" rings a little hollow when money stops mattering in 5E so quickly. Assuming your allies aren't scavenging their armor and weapons off of fallen humanoid enemies early on, in which case money doesn't matter almost from the get-go. And the negative impact of wearing heavy armor rarely comes up in comparison.
They can move quickly... but their movement abilities so rarely matter. It feels like this class was designed with so many ribbons that they forgot to actually give them impactful stuff to do.
What makes the situation worse is all the people who seems to be okay with that and always push back when someone complains.