I played a monk in Afterlife for a year or so, and really put hustle into being the best monk on the server. Gear dependence aside, I felt like my ability to play the class was seriously second to none - especially in PoP boss battles where FD was a requirement and tagging mobs was an added bonus from a skill perspective.
How do we gage skill now? I don't think we do. I just see a bunch of WoW bubble hopping and shit, nothing impresses me because the character side, the personal side, has been stripped.