If You Were A Class/Job Designer...

[eagledorf]

@J'ioh: If pld and drk get slash debuff, Monk is basically locked out of content in favor of drg/nin because nin's big dps loss (dancing edge applications), is mitigated.

I don't see that this is a valid point. Every raid group already has the Slashing debuff anyway. Show me a cutting edge clear that doesn't have a WAR. It's already the case that in raid contents, the only reason NIN even have it on their hotbar is for when they have to miss a positional. If anything, it's an argument for giving it to the other two tanks to ensure that WAR doesn't stay mandatory just for NINs to reach their full DPS potential.

Actually, MNK are clearing, but they're a DRG replacement, not a NIN one. The TP, hate, and burst support from NIN is a different beast than the pure DPS that DRG and MNK each bring. MNK probably still needs a small DPS increase (hard to judge still) and a hate dump (why is it the highest personal DPS job in the game is the only job that doesn't have an enmity management skill? Seriously, who thinks these things up?), but you're suggesting they shouldn't fix the tank jobs because the DPS jobs are also broken? Seriously? How has SE managed to convince you that inaction is justified by even more inaction?