Sorry for the rant, I've been pent up for a while and needed to let it all out hahahaha!

Oh also

Shai Succession could be nice..

Awakening Shai is one of the most unique classes in the game, largely due to their Awakening Tree group buffs. Trying to stuff passable balance for the other aspects of the game on top of this single spec hasnt been working out so well..

Releasing Shai Succession would allow Shai players to play Shai as a more interesting and balanced class free from the shackles of their group balance.

Why is it that casters have 2 different specs to cast magic, gauntlets have 2 different specs to punch things, (most) melee classes have 2 specs to stab and slice things, but the class with the most unique Awakening tree in the game has to attempt to balance the entire game around a niche toolkit, and simply accept not participating in parts of the game?

I agree with your points. I would absolutely agree that for the talent attacks, the reason they're never used is because for one, they make you extremely vulnerable because once you start it's hard to stop and secondly the time it takes to transition into it is enough time to make it not worth it on its own.

The transition between standard to talent and back is time consuming an the only way around it is to hotkey a skill. If it weren't for that shortcut i don't think i would have patience to play shai. "C" needs to be instant. Likewise so does bongo drums etc... I never use those attacks because if i do, i will most certainly die.

Another issue with shai is if you buff too quickly "ASDF spacebar" for example you will not buff your party mates or at least maybe one or two of the buffs will apply but not all. This is some type of desync issue and should be resolved, because I find myself having to wait half a second between buffs just to ensure other people will get it.

Likewise, if you're within at least "2 bars" of the radar then you should get the buffs. The desync is bad and it's hard to follow around the party to keep them buffed.

To add to this, you have no idea what buffs they have. I would like to be able to visually see what buffs my partymates have that are class-specific AKA Shai. That way i know if i didn't buff everyone right.

Oh and the talent weapon needs to go. It needs to be like every other class if her "roleplay" and "lifeskill" perks are given to every other class eventually. She can be a legitimate class like any other. One way to go about this is to maybe have succession and awakening where one is specific for buffs/pvp and the other is for PvE / grinding. Because let's be honest here, shai is slow. Her little legs can't run very fast and using the boomerang is very limited as it only consumes very few of your stamina. I'm level 35 stamina and skateboarding is only good until maybe around 70% then i can use the booster to give a bit more distance. Except skateboarding does nothing for grinding. Instead for grinding you hop around consuming an excess amount of stamina. She needs to consume less stamina and it needs to be faster. Basically once she slows down at the end, she needs to jump forward again without waiting as long. She can't compete against most if not all other classes in a grind spot, she gets overgrinded easily.

+100 on rebuffing time because it's honestly dreadful. If you're playing solo you have to constantly rebuff yourself and others. It's hard to play catch up when your party members are a Musa and a Lahn. Where did they just go? IDK i'm a shai. I'm not superman, I'm a turtle. Rebuff timer should be at least 5 minutes. In PvP it doesn't matter because you're constantly dying anyways.

Her silver / hr is so low compared to other classes. People like to flaunt about how much they make here and there and my shai despite my best efforts doesn't come close because I can't move from mob group to mob group like other classes.

I also agree wholeheartingly that Yippe! (skateboard) shouldn't collide with other players or mobs at full speed. If anything, you should be mowing down the enemies. Other players can just stand there at bosses and you'll trap yourself and perhaps die as a result. Some world boss attacks are so dangerous to shai because she can't get out of the way on time if you're attacking melee.

Sorry for the rant, I've been pent up for a while and needed to let it all out hahahaha!

PA hates Shai. They try to market her as unique and different, but everyone knows it's not true. Have you seen global labs? Now every class can play music, wasn't that supposed to be "shai" unique feature? 

It's funny that they refer to her as an enjoyment class, since she is one of the least enjoyable classes in the game. All the features that are remarkably frustrating are considered "features". Like the sol tag issue,