Quote Originally Posted by Lucke View Post
MNK has one ability. If you give a BLM and MNK each a group of 5 identical mobs, BLM will kill his/her group WAAAAAAAY before MNK is even close to killing his/her group. MNK mayy have one AoE ability, put BLM AoEs totally wipe the floor with MNK. Most people don't think "Gee, better get a MNK for their AoEs!"

Trash is irrelevant you say? That's strange, there are a bunch of threads about speedrunning. Speedrunning is a thing because BLM (and DRG to a lesser extent) kill a bazillion mobs at a time. If trash is irrelevant like you say, there would be no speedrun threads.
Three abilities. And yeah, BLM is a lot better at AoE, but MNK is serviceable. Trash is irrelevant to balance, because you shouldn't balance a game around burning a hard mode dungeon.

@Kittitacho: what DPS do you typically pull on Titan EX (no Echo) in a successful run, and on Twintania (no Echo)?