Why does SE hate melee dps?

[bluerei]

As a monk I'm gonna do more damage than both of them over time guaranteed.

[Flionheart]

MNK's and SMN's consistently top parses.
BRD's have the utility of range and free movement.
BLM's have sleep and burst.

DRG's have cool looking armour I guess.

[Hachiko]

I don't feel this way at all and I love my Monk.

The only problem I have is a Monk's lack of utility in Coil turn 2 where people are trying to run with at least 2 BRD's for silencing. But I feel like a MNK would be even better at this. The only problem is that my Arm of the Destroyer is not even remotely as reliable as an Archer's silences. I have no idea why this is. I know for a fact that it is not accuracy as I had far more accuracy than the BRDs in my group. Lag? Maybe but in some cases I would get 2 AoD's off before the cast bar was finished.

It only silences while in oppo oppo stance.

As a monk I'm gonna do more damage than both of them over time guaranteed.

Until you run out of TP, and then every other class overtakes you because you have to drop Fracture from your rotation.

[Rivienne]

Until you run out of TP, and then every other class overtakes you because you have to drop Fracture from your rotation.

I feel like this whole discussions keeps missing the point of Jobs. This right here is the point in having bards, as opposed to archers. Bards have ballads designed to help other party members. They can restore TP or MP (or increase damage of BLM), yes at a cost of there own output. But that is the point. Each job has unique skills designed for party play. A party isn't a DPS vs DPS competition (until maybe pvp), it is about the most efficient and reliable party.

In my experience the most efficient party for any single big boss has two Monks, but it is chancy, because if you don't time it perfectly, out of TP. But a Bard + Monk resolves the chance, while still allowing nearly the same output. So you get heavy sustained DPS from Monk, rotations of high DPS and moderate DPS from Bard, and then LB from Monk. Synergy. They work together better than either works alone.