Everyone here who is complaining first of all should read my previous post in this thread. How close do you want your dps to be? within 5? then throw away your spike, get a long build up and quit because your asking for to classes to be the same.

Armor means nothing because either way you should not be getting hit and the hits that are necessary to get eaten are designed to kill no-one. Fundamentally DRG is supposed to have lower dps. They have spike. SMN is in the middle high sustain meh spike. MNK through the roof sustain low spike on a long cd. get it together DRG if you want to be a MNK so bad play one. If not get a handle on your class and play it for what it is. Your asking to be a MNK in DRG armor thats not how a game works

Your not a superhero in this game you cant be good at everything. You are one of thousands of adventurers you are meant to work off of your groups strengths and weaknesses. Again refer to my other post a page or two back to see those.