MNK vs DRG *pld need advise*

[Arkista]

I have and play both since they can share the same Acc. items. I prefer MNK more cause its more forgiving when it comes to rotations if you mess up, cause you'll just lose potency, And I like to punching stuff in the face ^^. But I don't play DRG enough to follow this insanely long 27hit rotation or w/e it is now. But my Wife plays DRG and loves it. MNK hits fast for lower numbers and DRG hit slow for higher numbers.

[Allyrion]

It's true, my main lack of remembering the int debuff is because a large majority of boss abilities end up being physical or str based. But it is something that Drg doesn't bring utility wise.

I wouldn't count it out so much. All Primal things, All ADS(mini ADS in T1 and all of T2) and T5's Fireball, Liquid Hell, Twisters, Gigaflare (if you're a little crazy).
A good chunk of end-game has magic damage (and a good amount of that is unavoidable). Most tank attacks, though, are admittedly STR based.
It's still fairly significant.

[Warrlordd]

ultima sports a wild amount of magic attacks as well, if im correct.

[Wingszerodrive]

i do admit i do forget the INT debuff of DK cause the one thing i get told on coil sometimes we want ur dragoon for disembowel and im just like learn to do blunt dmg =P

[TallSummit]

I play both (i90 monk, i83 DRG), they are useful for different things. I would recommend Monk for most content but there are cases like Garuda EX, T5, etc that I would play a DRG over MNK. Usually any fight where GL3 falls more than once I would go for DRG or an encounter that benefits from high burst.

Best answer in this thread. I've done every fight in this game on both classes (drg is on my alt) and really you should just play what you have more fun on. This is how I would summarize the endgame content for which is better in my experience though.

Better fights for MNK
Coil t1
Coil t2
Coil t5
Titan Extreme

Better fights for DRG
Coil t4
Garuda Extreme
Ifrit Extreme

[Warrlordd]

levelling monk even though i hate the class, because manta, int debuff, high sustained damage, shared accessories, similar skill level, same role... still though. drg will always be my favorite of the two.

[snowybell]

Best answer in this thread. I've done every fight in this game on both classes (drg is on my alt) and really you should just play what you have more fun on. This is how I would summarize the endgame content for which is better in my experience though.

Better fights for MNK
Coil t1
Coil t2
Coil t5
Titan Extreme

Better fights for DRG
Coil t4
Garuda Extreme
Ifrit Extreme

T1 is ok for DRG too since cadeceus basically stands there and asks for us to just beat him up.
T2 ... i do rot, so basically every node is also standing there to get beaten up, well except for ADS sadly.
Titan Ex ... there is only heavy thrust where i have to move to flank, other than that the full rotation can be done at the back. So i think it's still ok.

I don't have a monk, but i would like to try it one out soon.
Flashy moves

[Jadmus]

MNK if you want to hit really fast, have higher sustained damage and do sweet karate.

DRG if you want to see big numbers (albeit slow GCD), have higher burst and fly through the air like a badass airplane.