About that turtle...

[Denabond]

Having higher guard doesn't mean your a better mnk, it just means you have been tanking more then him. It doesn't directly increase how much damage you do. I will also point out that when i dinged 75 on mnk years ago, i had like 100 Guard skill. I was still a good DD, but i just avoided getting hate as much.

[Musahashi]

Having higher guard doesn't mean your a better mnk, it just means you have been tanking more then him. It doesn't directly increase how much damage you do. I will also point out that when i dinged 75 on mnk years ago, i had like 100 Guard skill. I was still a good DD, but i just avoided getting hate as much.

Who said guard had anything to do with damage? lol!

I'll clarify what I meant by my post.

All decent semi/decent gear for monk is obtained through NM's, events or crafting. I solo'd pretty much everything getting the semi/decent gear I have now, and in doing so, my guard got to 160 before I decided to actively skill it up.

What Im taking from your posts, Is you either got spoon fed your gear, didn't bother with it, or had full alliances to help you all the time. Monk was never a loved job before abyssea, and I spent far too much time doing things solo or duo-ing because no sane whm would ever want a mnk in the pty.

So yeah, solo or at least duo everything up to the 80's for gear, and you'll find that if your guard skill started out under 100, it won't stay that way.