Monk in the "Savage" community

[Nyghtmarerobu]

I don't know where this notion that monk isn't suited for raid is coming from. Monk is still the highest preforming melee dps in the game, that has not changed. They may lack some raid utility that the other 2 bring to the table, but that's at the cost of their own personal dps, where monk is still king, even if it is only by a small margin.

Dragoons magic defence buff was a nessecity. It was something that NEEDED to be done, simply because dragoon wasn't going to get any play in raid with such a glaring flaw. I raided on drg in final coil, and I got a lot of flack for playing it, and not switching to ninja. but I also remember in T11 when we pushed into final phase of Kaliya, his ultimate move would 1 shot me if I didn't have Stoneskin, adlo, Apoc, Sacred Soil, Dragon Kick, and Storms Path. That is a lot of things to have, to make sure 1 person doesn't die. While good gameplay is important for player, all of those things should not have to dictate wether 1 person lives or dies. And just to clarify, if 1 of those things was missing, I was dead on the floor, many times my blm would forget apoc, and that would be the differance between life and death, and this scenario is not where monk is in the game currently.

Dancing Edge should not be used by the ninja if he can prevent it. Obviously, if you have a pld/drk tank combo, you kind of have to do it, but if groups have wars, ninja should never be doing it themselves, so that point is very moot. Trick attack is a great tool, but ninja's actual dps suffers for it.

What I'm basically saying is, Monks are still in a good place right now, they might be at the bottom of appeal for people creating raids, but they are not as bad as you say they are. They are still the strongest Melee DPS in the game, and you have to think, if monk gets any kind of raid utility to the point of Battle Litany and Trick attack, their DPS will have to suffer to keep them in-line with everyone else. There is give and take in balance.