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

[Tiggy]

It doesn't make sense to use DEX as a primary stat before, still doesn't now. Alas, my mistake for thinking SE was being nice and clean with their stat system, can count me wrong for that.

Nearly every game uses dex for thief and ninja classes. Absolutely nothing prevents from modifying the stat description to include damage for those classes. The mistake is thinking an mmo that's going to run for years will never change and will always be rigid despite getting entirely new classes.