Ninja vs Monk or ...

[Houston009]

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AC is an amazing addition to Ninja by making it a very flexible job.

AC did not all of sudden make it impossible to maintain debuffs/dots. The mudra lag you may be experiencing as an EU player (assuming because of your server) may be making it seem like it isn't possible.

EDIT: The warrior thing. If there is no warrior in the party, the slashing debuff granted by the ninja boosts the dps of the other two tanks (PLD and DRK) which is more than enough to make up the difference of the lack there of.

@OP. Ninja and Monk both share fast pace game play and have their own level of difficulty/complexity.

With 3.0, Ninja has become more flexible, more burst, and best friends with tanks. Monk's shortcomings were touched upon and given more burst capabilities.

Ninja has offensive utility such as Trick Attack and Goad. Monk has defensive utility such as Dragon Kick and Enhanced Mantra.