Quote Originally Posted by Dale View Post
Hm...ok so i'm to take from this comment that because monks have counterstance that somehow means defense sucks?

I"m finding your posts and reasons as to why everything sucks more and more difficult to follow I have to admit.
Counterstance drops a MNK's DEF to VIT/2 +1. In other words they are turning they're DEF into crap compared to PLD's DEF. That said the increase to Counter rate far out weighs the drastic loss of DEF because again DEF is useless when it comes to mitigating damage.