Melee, who designed this?

[Kyana]

I like moving while fighting. Maintaining high uptime while dodging mechanics is pretty fun for the most part in this game. If you're having trouble keeping high uptime on majority of the bosses it sounds like you need to rethink your approach to the fight a bit. What kind of content are you currently doing?

I also like playing DRG and MNK, but I have to agree that some fights are annoying, especially with MNK.

1. Stuff like CT/ST when 3+ tanks try to be main tank, with the result that the boss keeps turning around in a way you can't predict.
2. Mechanics which force you to get away from the mob for a longer time. Like Titan jumps, Behemoth Meteor, Amon "Iceblockthingy" (forgot name), Leviathan dashes, Ifrit dashes, Xande Meteor phase changes, Garuda jumps, Diabolos door-memory, Ifrit EX Eruptions, Twintania Liquid Hell,...
3. Mob positioning when fighting multiple mobs with big hitboxes which bump eachother around when they get too close, constantly turning them around.

While 1. and 3. are just a bit annoying because you can lose some of your dmg potential, 2. is what's driving me nuts.
It doesn't feel like a fight against a boss, it feels like a fight to get greased lightning buff.
Perfect Balance is on a rather long cooldown, so you can't use it all the time.
I just hate when GL drops and there is nothing I can do to prevent that from happening.

WAR can use Vengeance or Berserk to reset Wrath timer which is 30s.
DRG Heavy Thrust buff lasts for 20s and is just 1GC.
BLM just have to cast a Fire III which is 1 GC.

And MNK got 12s GL buff without a way to increase the duration.
Just refreshing the buff requires 3 GC, while building it requires 9 GC.
I just don't think it's fair compared to other classes.

I'd like a way to either gain GL stacks faster (reduced Perfect Balance cooldown), increase its duration, or give us some way to reset the timer (through Shoulder Tackle, Internal Release or such).

[Kiokin]

I'd like a way to either gain GL stacks faster (reduced Perfect Balance cooldown), increase its duration, or give us some way to reset the timer (through Shoulder Tackle, Internal Release or such).

MNKs are balanced around losing Greased Lightning. Otherwise we would completely destroy everyone else on dps, like we do when we don't have to lose it (T8 for example).