"Hypothetical" and "assume" there's no perfect scenario here. People are just basically putting two classes against each other for God knows why. Here's a realistic senario for you: people make mistakes. Sometimes healers will need help, sometimes the dps will need it. Both have good sets of utilities that help each group cover their weaknesses. If anything, every class synergize along with each other. There will be times where your group will push so damn fast that there will be a gigaflare after a megaflare. What do you do? Use mantra the monk one so people can be topped off properly. Sometimes there won't be a soil up. People screw up. some of the arguments in this thread is invalid and will probably never happen. God lol people here are just arguing for arguments sake because they don't wanna admit they are wrong. Leave the classes as it is. They are pretty balanced already.