Quote Originally Posted by nelothi View Post
MNK fell off hard in SHB - its going o take some time to get more people wanting to play as it.
Right now, MNK damage is HUGE.

After the balance patch we can go back and see what things look like - but if MNK damage stays at the top like this, more people will play it.
Damage wasn't the problem with Monk in Shadowbringers, and fewer people played it in endgame content despite this. Monk was consistently among the top 5 dps in the game.

Monk's current standing on that site, which again only reflects people who bother to use the tools to submit parses there, comes after:

-4 positionals removed
-Greased Lightning removed.
-Elemental Bloatfists removed
-Fancy animations added for Blitz.

High damage or fancy animations alone don't actually make a job popular. More people are bringing Bards, Machinists, Summoners, and Dancers into endgame content. Why do you think that is?