Thread: MNK or DRG post 2.1

So ive hit 50 on brd and war and now want to do a full on melee. Drg seems cool but i heat alot about how mnk is way better. What im asking is which do you guys will be on top post 2.1 when drg has better jumps and mnk has its GL boost?

According to alot of the better MNKs, the GL duration boost won't matter cause they can already keep it up without losing the stacks throughout the whole fight.

DRGs getting a shorter animation time for jumps is definitely a buff for the class, although it's not exactly by alot.

Also taking into consideration how the devs mentioned that boss mechanics will be altered to be friendlier to melee classes, it'll also mean the GL duration increase will make less of a difference.

I say go DRG.

dragoon all day baby

They stated GL will increase in effectiveness, if I recall correctly.

Go with the one you like the most, anyway.

If the 10% buff applies to both (which i am not exactly sure about, might be a translation issue) then definitely MNK.

If not probably still MNK, might be a lot closer though.

Whichever you enjoy more is the better choice. If the Gl buff iisnt duration and counting the extra backstab damage Monk will still be superior single target. However Dragoon will always beat Monk in terms of raw sustainable AoE damage. Dragoon still wont be as good a boss killer but they will have a bit more forgiving base playstyle than originally. So my opinion is nothing will change compared to how it is now. Just go with which one is more fun, being a dragoon isnt a huge single target dps loss compared to Monk and do much better in AoE based fights and quick burst damage.

Drg and Mnk play very different. Drg is slow big hits, and Mnk is fast little hits. My mnk with 4 i90 pieces including relic+1 has never broke 700 damage on a crit. My fresh to 50 drg with titans spear, DL acc and AF broke 1k crits first time in AK.

Drg has more abilities they use on a regular basis but their uses is more strict(combos). Monk can use whatever they want as long as certain conditions are met.

I like both but for farming purposes my lower geared drg is WAY better than monk.

Originally Posted by Rochetm

My mnk with 4 i90 pieces including relic+1 has never broke 700 damage on a crit

How is that even... I hit 700 a lot on my monk with that gear, now I do 800 crits, hell my melee auto swing gets into the high 300's.

Pretty sure mnk is gonna lose blood for blood come 2.1 because of brd.

Originally Posted by trailmix9999

Pretty sure mnk is gonna lose blood for blood come 2.1 because of brd.

Or they'll just remove brd from having access to it.