Quote Originally Posted by Kalamari View Post
The arguments against loosing MNK are Dragon Kick debuff, Demolish for AoE, the 5% Fists of Fire buff, Shoulder Tackle as a gap closer, and a teensy bit of Strength. Now assuming a single target boss fight situation, I don't see any way we could make up for the damage loss from loosing Dragon Kick debuff with cross-skills alone.
I'm levelling a monk now, so I'm not able to test this. Is it really a teeny bit of strength?
I have a 50 BLM and the soul gives me 58 int. That's HUGE. Cooldowns usually feel better than they are. If the monk strength is close to the blm's int, there would be little comparison.
Though the argument is pointless since as you mentioned, they job gear really limits end game content either way.