Absolutely true, but only on occasions where the monkey in need of the gear is not arround to claim it or already owns it from that one run 10 weeks earlier.
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Only thing I feel Monks need is an increased Greased Lightning time (15-18s), and that's about it. Other than that I feel Monks do incredibly well in the melee DPS department IMO.
I have no idea where this crazy idea that MNK have low AoE damage came from, its insane. During Perfect Balance, Monk IS the highest AoE damage with the possible exception of WHM. Even without it MNK does, I would argue, the highest non-BLM/WHM AoE damage even if it is a bit expensive.
MNK is fine the way it is, if DRG don't benefit BRDs, there would be no reason to bring a DRG. Though, since you don't really need optimization in this game, it doesn't really matter what you bring for damage.
And MNK IS the single target DPS king; just cuz your MNK isn't due to you sucking don't mean MNK isn't.
DRG + MNK + BRD does more damage than DRG + BRD + BRD and you never need more than 1 BRD. Never. Heck, there are only a few cases where you NEED BRD and that is Turn 2 ADS. That being said, optimally I would go MNK + MNK + DRG or MNK + MNK + MNK, cuz if we're max/mining, everyone knows what they're doing and you should NEVER need ballad in most fights.
Dunno about MNK + BRD doing same damage as DRG + BRD cuz I haven't test it myself and I don't believe what other people say. I don't expect them to believe what I say either but we say it anyways.
I cant wait for the day monk GCD reaches sub 1.0 then ask me if the class is rewarding enough.