Monk ignored for 4.1

[Blacktestament7]

speed is Ninja's gimmick as well

I gotta ask. Why has MNK's speed been looked at as a gimmick to be shared with NIN? I know they have the same speed percentage increase between GL3 and Huton but the entire point of NIN isn't completely centered around speed and while clearly a dps loss when Huton is lost it doesn't have anything on losing GL nor does it have to be built up as such either. Speed has always been MNK's identity. It's was at one point the focal point of the class. I understand NIN exists but why is MNK limited when NIN has an entirely different kit makeup. Dunno, this isn't the first time I've heard that and it always rubbed me the wrong way.

[Xaert]

I gotta ask. Why has MNK's speed been looked at as a gimmick to be shared with NIN?

I really wish I could tell you the answer to that, but all I can really say is the Devs desired it to be that in 2/3.0. It fit in quite nicely: Low dps with high utility, moderate dps with moderate utility, and high dps with low utility. Now it fits somewhere in between that, with the introduction of Samurai. I do wish that they kept the dot-scaling damage from Monk's Skill Speed that they tried out nearing the end of 3.0 though, it gave it a flavorful twist even if it was negligible. Speed HAS been Monk's identity, Hamon even says it himself in the early Pugilist quests, "Rather than trying to deal great damage with a single blow, he pummels his foe with lightning-fast combinations." This clarifies beyond the shadow of a doubt that they truly had no idea where to put monk for Stormblood and that the homogenization of classes is a non-issue to them.