@mickey

All great points of view.

#2 and #3 question. Yes, I have been told to just go play something else numerous times and leave MNK alone as I only pull a grey or green parse someone once said. I don't really care, and what my DPS is or that I'm not in the top percentile of damage. That's not the point, and I never wanted MNK to be the new reaper. It just happened that way. I'm sure if I looked hard enough I can find the posts....but I don't care...it's in the past. I take everything sunny2008 posts with "a grain of salt", and I'm not posting here for the benefit of those that disagree with me. I'm here for the DEV's to see, nothing more.

I have been told that I even embody all that is "ruining" gaming and trying to make everything to casual. Examples: I want an easy mode for Dark Souls, or can't complete hard games like seikiro. Which I have completed, dark souls I, II, III, Bloodborne, Demon's Souls, and actually have seikro just haven't sat down to actually play it. I'm actually taking time off FFXIV to play Elden Ring. My skin is pretty thick and I don't have to much to worry about with "mean people in the FFXIV forums" Off topic...i'll continue.

With the comments towards me that I'm "white knighting" for the dev team...on the contrary. I still hold them to the same standard as I do with any job in the game. I just have more to say about MNK, and I think it's warranted as MNK has been in contention for some years now. If anything I expect excellence out of the DEV's as I want them to avoid backsliding as some other MMO's have done, and CONSTANTLY remind them of the hardship of coming out of FFXIV 1.0 means. That iteration was the antithesis of what a game should be.

#4 point: I'm optimistic. I try to look on the bright side for the most part and avoid being a hyperbolic doomsayer. Those that saw the media tour and what was to come for MNK judged it BEFORE it even came out, and SE was still working on it obviously. Flocked to the forums with doom and gloom saying MNK is dead. Terrible. Awful. Boring.

Now it's one of the best DPS classes...maybe top 5 played (which is due to each point in that comment). While also leaving me hopeful for the future of things to come. You condemn it for being boring, I applaud for being less arbitrary. You say needs more oGCD, I see potential for additions to oGCD's in the future. I agree Blitz needs work...but not to have the dev team rip it up and start again when they probably just fought through hell to give us THIS.

Thank you for the honest response, and civil discourse. We don't have to agree on everything, but I think we can agree we both want the best for MNK.

I suppose to analogize: Rome wasn't built in a day, and it took even longer to paint everything. But it still stands today, even if it's not the same.