The Chimera, the Monk and the Guard

[Tonkra]

Very well detailed post.

I agree with everything you said, but I need to make just one point.

Nothing beats MNK's single target DPS.

So while MNK isn't ideal for the waves of mobs in the new dungeons, they rock FACE when they are allowed to go all out on a single mob.

last time i've beaten a monk when it comes to damage in moogle fight..

DRG is also a very good damage dealer if you are well equipped with +attack and use ur dragonic buff skills to boost your attack power higher than 700+. you have much tp generation and good 3er combos which do nice dmg (from lv 46 on. before you arent really a damage dealer). you do constantly dmg.

i almost came in the same league like blms.. although in moogle fight you always have to run after moogles and arent able to hit at anytime..

while the blms did around 71k damage i was at about 61-65k dmg, which i think is decent within this fight.


why always people tend to use just the same class/job over and over depending on the instance? most classes have their authorization to be there....!


just stop it .. "i need 3 blms for moogle fight.." "i need a whole grp of monks for speedrun" thats just completely insane.. i would say a group of drgs would also do the same! or a group of rangers..

mean you need a variety of classes rather than stacking to be an efficient group.

you dont need to stack jobs/classes to be efficient..
its just in the mind of the players..

they never tried out in a different way.. a monk can easily replaced by a drg (as melee dmg function) and the other way around... because they almost fit the same role!

So basically what you are saying...class favoritism all over again...sorta like what you see in all MMO's...the dilemma of balancing...

well its like when someone finds out an easy strategy all want to do the same. they hear that it was done easily by a group of monks so they need to switch to monk also.

i say drg's could do it maybe also..

there was a video of a group of lancers killing ifrit very fast.. so many people switched over to lancer and tried out the same... and now they prefer it with blm.