Props to an awesome game, but I just cannot "connect"

[Grizzlebeard]

For jobs like Black Mage I would probably agree, but the various melee DPS in 11 were pretty watered down already. I would say Monk is far more enjoyable in 14.

Monk is one of the few FFXI jobs I didn't play past 20 but, I agree with you, it didn't exactly seem busy with skills. I predominantly played ninja, paladin, dancer, corsair and to a lesser extent bard and white mage. The differences in skillsets between some of those jobs in FFXI and FFXIV is massively significant and rather saddening.