So, now Monk/Dragoon have to compete with yet another class?

[Tashigi]

Please, EVERYONE who believes this, do me a favour.
Go in game, open your character sheet and hover over Dexterity.
"Affects physical ranged damage, as well as parry and block rates".

Logic dictates they will use STRENGTH. If not STR, it will be a whole new stat (taking into account some of the ninjutsu we have seen appears to be magical damage... but then so does Dragonfire Dive.)

Edit- And, for those super special among you referencing OTHER games ("Thief in XI used DEX").. I would remind you this is not those games.
Yes, in some other games Dexterity is a melee stat generally reserved for "speed classes" (Rift for example, DEX increases attack power for Rogues by 0.5, crit by 0.5 and dodge by 1).
Again. THIS IS NOT THOSE GAMES.

This is new and exciting and hasn't been decomposed and broken down several times throughout this thread.
/sarcasm

Anyway, Yoshida said melee DPS gear. Which should hint at STR gear.
It's a poor choice in my opinion, but if that's what it'll be, so be it.