People always complain about job balance, since the beginning of the game.

Square always boost and nerf jobs to make people level and gear different things, bandwagon is the key to long-term play. Bandwagon job couple of years ago was bst cause they could solo almost anything, bandwagon job has changed so many times over the years and it will change again.

Sam hasn't always been THE job to have for anything, it used to be weak before the 2h update and the only reason you would want a sam is to set up a skillchain for the powerful black mages to kill stuff faster.

Monk used to be a loljob too, I remember sitting on the side boosting to 12 to do a chi blast. The only thing monk used to be good for was farming pop items. The ultimate kick in the teeth was monk was the job nobody wanted yet it was the job that was the hardest to gear.