MNK - question about bonuses.

[Tex_Mex]

The positional requirements were the reason I chose for monk to not be my first class to 50. I started with pug and swapped to another class around lvl 25 because I did not like the thought having to quest with a monk all the way to 50.

Final verdict, it really is not a big problem, it just makes it annoying to level monk to 50 as your first max level class. i would recommend picking another one to quest with and then levelling up your monk afterwards with the 50% exp bonus

[RearAdmiralZill]

i would recommend picking another one to quest with and then levelling up your monk afterwards with the 50% exp bonus

Coming from someone who did level Monk as their first level 50 class and has played other classes on other characters, it's not that big of a deal to where you would avoid monk until you leveled something else up to 50. As others have said, you're pretty unlikely to get your bonuses when solo unless you get a stun in or they charge up an aoe. Despite that, you do plenty enough damage to kill mobs on your own. It's made easier if your chocobo is healing you too, so you can keep up gl3 and take out mobs to mitigate the lost dps. You get a rhythm of sorts after awhile.

It is a little annoying that you can't get the best out of your skills until you have a tank, but again, I'd not go so far as saying it spoils solo content.